Interacting with a gaze-aware virtual character

Authors:
Nikolaus Bee;Johannes Wagner;Elisabeth André;Fred Charles;David Pizzi;Marc Cavazza
Affiliations:
Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany;Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany;Augsburg University, Augsburg, Germany;University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom;University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom;University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 workshop on Eye gaze in intelligent human machine interaction
Year:
2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the user's attentive state interpreted through eye gaze while interacting with a virtual character. The underlying narrative in which the approach was tested is based on a classical XIXth century psychological novel: Madame Bovary, by Flaubert. We connected a remote eye tracker with a dynamic 3D world. An empirical study revealed individual user experiences and behavioral patterns. In particular, we identified two different groups of users: one that was showing natural eye gaze behaviors with rhythmic eye gaze shifts between the characters' eyes, face and the scene and another one permanently staring at the character. Interestingly, the group with more natural behaviors towards the character also rated the experience with the system more positively.