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IJVR
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
How and Why Affordable Virtual Reality Shapes the Future of Education
This paper presents an analysis of how and why a new generation of virtual reality peripherals affect virtual reality in general, and its uses for education in particular. We descr...
Barnabas Takacs
HCI
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Can Virtual Humans Be More Engaging Than Real Ones?
: Emotional bonds don’t arise from a simple exchange of facial displays, but often emerge through the dynamic give and take of face-to-face interactions. This article explores th...
Jonathan Gratch, Ning Wang, Anna Okhmatovskaia, Fr...
IVA
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Hierarchical Motion Controllers for Real-Time Autonomous Virtual Humans
Abstract. Continuous and synchronized whole-body motions are essential for achieving believable autonomous virtual humans in interactive applications. We present a new motion contr...
Marcelo Kallmann, Stacy Marsella
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Using rituals to express cultural differences in synthetic characters
There is currently an ongoing demand for richer Intelligent Virtual Environments (IVEs) populated with social intelligent agents. As a result, many agent architectures are taking ...
Samuel Mascarenhas, João Dias, Nuno Afonso,...
STORYTELLING
2005
Springer
14 years 29 days ago
Environment Expression: Telling Stories Through Cameras, Lights and Music
This work proposes an integrated model – the environment expression model – which supports storytelling through three channels: cinematography, illumination and music. Stories ...
Celso de Melo, Ana Paiva