One problem in concatenative speech synthesis is how to incorporate prosodic factors in the unit selection. Imposing a predicted prosodic target is error-prone and does not benefi...
In this paper we present an interactive poker game in which one human user plays against two animated agents using RFID-tagged poker cards. The game is used as a showcase to illust...
DEIRA is a virtual agent commenting on virtual horse races in real time. DEIRA analyses the state of the race, acts emotionally and comments about the situation in a believable an...
A facial analysis-synthesis framework based on a concise set of local, independently actuated, Coarticulation Regions (CR) is presented for the control of 2D animated characters. ...
Abstract. This paper presents a prototype system, which synthesizes entertainment-oriented cartoon face and translates text message to multimedia animation in mobile phone. While a...
Junfa Liu, Yiqiang Chen, Wen Gao, Rong Fu, Renqin ...