In this paper, we describe the development of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) implementing the concept of a companion, i.e. an agent supporting the persistent representatio...
Marc Cavazza, Cameron Smith, Daniel Charlton, Li Z...
This paper describes the results of three studies investigating an embodied agent that supports its interaction with the user by gazing at corresponding objects within its close e...
Johann Schrammel, Arjan Geven, Reinhard Sefelin, M...
A two-phase procedure, based on biosignal recordings, is applied in an attempt to classify the emotion valence content in human-agent interactions. In the first phase, participants...
Abstract. For many years, the HCI community has harbored a vision of interacting with intelligent, embodied computer agents. However, the reality of this vision remains elusive. Fr...
Jodi Forlizzi, John Zimmerman, Vince Mancuso, Sony...
We lay out one strand of a continuing investigation into the development of a virtual peer to help children learn to use “school English” and “school-ratified science talk...
Emilee Rader, Margaret Echelbarger, Justine Cassel...