Xface open source project and smil-agent scripting language for creating and animating embodied conversational agents

Authors:
Koray Balci;Elena Not;Massimo Zancanaro;Fabio Pianesi
Affiliations:
FBK-irst, Trento, Italy;FBK-irst, Trento, Italy;FBK-irst, Trento, Italy;FBK-irst, Trento, Italy
Venue:
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Multimedia
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Xface is a set of open source tools for creation of embodied conversational agents (ECAs) using MPEG4 and keyframe based rendering driven by SMIL-Agent scripting language. Xface Toolkit, coupled with SMIL-Agent scripting serves as a full 3D facial animation authoring package. Xface project is initiated by Cognitive and Communication Technologies (TCC) division of FBK-irst (formerly ITC-irst). The toolkit is written in ANSI C++, and is open source and platform independent.