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ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
SmartBody: behavior realization for embodied conversational agents
Researchers demand much from their embodied conversational agents (ECAs), requiring them to be both life-like, as well as responsive to events in an interactive setting. We find t...
Marcus Thiébaux, Stacy Marsella, Andrew N. ...
CHI
2003
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
An unencumbering, localized olfactory display
Olfaction is considered to be an important sensory modality in next-generation virtual reality (VR) systems. We currently focus on spatiotemporal control of odor, rather than capt...
Yasuyuki Yanagida, Haruo Noma, Nobuji Tetsutani, A...
HAPTICS
2007
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Enhancing Transparency of a Position-Exchange Teleoperator
Dynamic properties of robotic manipulators, including inertia, damping, and friction, limit the transparency of a haptic-feedback teleoperator. In this paper, we develop a positio...
Mohsen Mahvash, Allison M. Okamura
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
RoomBugs: simulating insect infestations in elementary classrooms
This paper presents research on a collaborative learning environment in an urban elementary science classroom. The application, called RoomBugs, simulates a dynamic ecosystem of i...
Michael Barron, Tom Moher, Jeff Maharry
HCI
2009
13 years 6 months ago
Intelligent Agents for Training On-Board Fire Fighting
Simulation-based training in complex decision making often requires ample personnel for playing various roles (e.g. team mates, adversaries). Using intelligent agents may diminish ...
Karel van den Bosch, Maaike Harbers, Annerieke Heu...