ORIENT: interactive agents for stage-based role-play

We present a demonstration of the intelligent agent-based system ORIENT (Overcoming Refugee Integration with Empathic Novel Technology). We summarise the application domain: education for inter-cultural empathy; the technology used and the innovations this involves; and finally interaction with ORIENT. Categories and Subject Descriptors General Terms Design, Experimentation, Human Factors Keywords Artificial Intelligence, Applications, Virtual Agents (Models of personality, emotions and social behavior)

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Ruth Aylett, Michael Kriegel, Mei Yii Lim, João Dias, Karin Leichtenstern, Wan Ching Ho, Paola Rizzo
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, ATAL 2009, Descriptors General Terms, Keywords Artificial Intelligence, Overcoming Refugee Integration