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ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Entertainment Modeling in Physical Play Through Physiology Beyond Heart-Rate
An investigation into capturing the relation of physiology, beyond heart rate recording, to expressed preferences of entertainment in children’s physical gameplay is presented in...
Georgios N. Yannakakis, John Hallam
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
The Dynamics of Affective Transitions in Simulation Problem-Solving Environments
We analyze the antecedents of affective states in a simulation problem-solving environment, The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions, through quantitative field observations ...
Ryan Shaun Joazeiro de Baker, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodr...
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Children's Emotional Interpretation of Synthetic Character Interactions
Using synthetic characters to support children’s personal, social and emotional education requires that the emotional response elicited from the children is that desired by educa...
Lynne E. Hall, Sarah Woods, Marc Hall, Dieter Wolk...
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Facial Expression Synthesis Using PAD Emotional Parameters for a Chinese Expressive Avatar
Facial expression plays an important role in face to face communication in that it conveys nonverbal information and emotional intent beyond speech. In this paper, an approach for ...
Shen Zhang, Zhiyong Wu, Helen M. Meng, Lianhong Ca...
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Metaphor and Affect Detection in an ICA
We discuss an aspect of an affect-detection system used in edrama by intelligent conversational agents, namely affective interpretation of limited sorts of metaphorical utterance. ...
Timothy H. Rumbell, C. J. Smith, John A. Barnden, ...
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Person or Puppet? The Role of Stimulus Realism in Attributing Emotion to Static Body Postures
Knowledge of the relation between body posture and the perception of affect is limited. Existing studies of emotion attribution to static body postures vary in method, response mod...
Marco Pasch, Ronald Poppe
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Explanatory Style for Socially Interactive Agents
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in computational models of socio-emotional processes, both as a mean to deepen understanding of human behavior and as a mechanism to...
Sejin Oh, Jonathan Gratch, Woontack Woo
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Expression of Emotions in Virtual Humans Using Lights, Shadows, Composition and Filters
Abstract. Artists use words, lines, shapes, color, sound and their bodies to express emotions. Virtual humans use postures, gestures, face and voice to express emotions. Why are th...
Celso de Melo, Ana Paiva
ACII
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Does Body Movement Engage You More in Digital Game Play? and Why?
In past years, computer game designers have tried to increase player engagement by improving the believability of characters and environment. Today, the focus is shifting toward im...
Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze, Whan Woong Kim, Darshak P...