The goal of the Virtual Humans Project at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies is to enrich virtual training environments with virtual hum...
Patrick G. Kenny, Arno Hartholt, Jonathan Gratch, ...
Educational games may be particularly suited to teaching social learning skills with virtual humans. We investigate the importance of social goals and engaging social interactions ...
: 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...
This paper addresses an ongoing experience in the design of an artificial agent taking decisions in a role playing game populated by human agents and by artificial agents. At fi...
We investigate the role of presence in a serious game for intercultural communication and negotiation skills by comparing two interfaces: a 3D version with animated virtual humans ...
H. Chad Lane, Matthew J. Hays, Daniel Auerbach, Ma...