This paper proposes an alternative paradigm for building affective competencies in embodied conversational agents (ECAs). The key feature of this approach -- and the reason for ref...
We have developed a general purpose use and modular architecture of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) called Greta. Our 3D agent is able to communicate using verbal and nonve...
To create realistic and expressive virtual humans, we need to develop better models of the processes and dynamics of human emotions and expressions. A first step in this effort is...
We demonstrate a "Companion" ECA, which is able to provide advice and support to the user, taking into account emotions expressed by her through dialogue. The integratio...
Marc Cavazza, Raul Santos de la Camara, Markku Tur...
Web service applications integrate explicit client-service interactions with notification-style programming. Such event-driven interactions are often called implicit invocations b...