We describe the design and trial of a remotely conducted surgical master class, using a haptic virtual environment as an integral part of the learning process. In the trial, we li...
Chris Gunn, Matthew A. Hutchins, Duncan Stevenson,...
A cyber-character is a kind of artificial life inhabiting a virtual world. To be a life form in the virtual world, cyber characters need sensors and control systems. The sensor sy...
Abstract. The challenge of making a virtual world believable includes a requirement for AI entities which autonomously react to a dynamic environment. After the breakthroughs in be...
A virtual community is a group of people whose shared needs and/or interests are largely communicated within, and mediated by Webenabled interactions, e.g., within a Website. Whil...
Janet Ho, Monica M. C. Schraefel, Mark H. Chignell
Abstract. This paper describes a simple yet effective method for achieving accurate, believable eye contact between humans and computer-generated characters, which to the author’...