Graceful anytime interruptibility for virtual agents

Authors:
Klaus Brügmann;Helmut Prendinger;Marc Stamminger;Mitsuru Ishizuka
Affiliations:
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany;National Institute of Informatics: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany;University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the international conference on Advances in computer entertainment technology
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The demo will show two highly expressive virtual agents introducing the audience to a traditional Japanese room. The agent models and gestures have been created by a professional Japanese character designer. By adapting and extending an influential technique ("Verbs and Adverbs"), we added parameterized emotional expression and gesture interruptibility as new behaviors to increase agent believability, interactivity, and responsiveness. In the demo, users will be provided a simple interface to test the new features.