The Virtual Room Inhabitant - Intuitive Interaction with Intelligent Environments

In this paper we describe a new way to improve the usability of complex hardware setups in Intelligent Environments. By introducing a virtual character, we facilitate intuitive interaction with our Intelligent Environment. The character is capable of freely moving along the walls of the room. The character is aware of the users position and orientation within the room. In this way, it may offer situated assistance as well as unambiguous references to physical objects by means of combined gestures, speech and physical locomotion. We make use of a steerable projector and a spatial audio system, in order to position the character within the environment. Keywords Intelligent Environments, Life-like Characters, Location-Aware Interaction

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: AUSAI
• Authors: Michael Kruppa, Lübomira Spassova, Michael Schmitz
• Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AUSAI 2005, Complex Hardware Setups, Intelligent Environments, Keywords Intelligent Environments