Progress in computer animation has gained such a speed that, before long, computer-generated human faces and figures on screen will be indistinguishable from those of real humans. The potential both for scripted films and real-time interaction with users is enormous. However, in order to cope with this potential, these faces and figures must be guided by autonomous personality agents. This carefully arranged volume presents the state of the art in research and development in making synthetic actors more autonomous. The papers describe the different approaches and solutions developed by computer animation specialists, computer scientists, experts in AI, psychologists and philosophers, from leading laboratories world-wide. Finally, a bibliography comprising more than 200 entries enable further study.
Author(s): Paolo Petta, Robert Trappl (auth.), Robert Trappl, Paolo Petta (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1195 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 259
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Computer Graphics; Multimedia Information Systems; Computers and Society
Why to create personalities for synthetic actors....Pages 1-8
Dressing virtual humans....Pages 9-24
Autonomous virtual actors based on virtual sensors....Pages 25-42
Towards personalities for animated agents with reactive and planning behaviors....Pages 43-57
IMPROV: A system for real-time animation of behavior-based interactive synthetic actors....Pages 58-73
Multi-level control for animated autonomous agents: Do the right thing... Oh, not that.......Pages 74-82
Tools for an interactive virtual cinema....Pages 83-91
Acting in character....Pages 92-112
Some requirements and approaches for natural language in a believable agent....Pages 113-119
Personality parameters and programs....Pages 120-165
What sort of control system is able to have a personality?....Pages 166-208
Personalities for synthetic actors: Current issues and some perspectives....Pages 209-218
Personalities for synthetic actors: A bibliography....Pages 219-243
