th Welcome to the proceedings of the 10 International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), held 20-22 September, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Intelligent Virtual Agents are interactive characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate with humans or with each other using natural human modalities such as behavior, gesture, and speech. IVAs are capable of real-time perception, cognition, and action that allow them to participate in a dynamic physical and social environment. IVA 2010 is an interdisciplinary annual conference and the main forum for prese- ing research on modeling, developing, and evaluating Intelligent Virtual Agents with a focus on communicative abilities and social behavior. The development of IVAs - quires expertise in multimodal interaction and several AI fields such as cognitive modeling, planning, vision, and natural language processing. Computational models are typically based on experimental studies and theories of human-human and hum- robot interaction; conversely, IVA technology may provide interesting lessons for these fields. Visualizations of IVAs require computer graphics and animation te- niques, and in turn supply significant realism problem domains for these fields. The realization of engaging IVAs is a challenging task, so reusable modules and tools are of great value. The fields of application range from robot assistants, social simulation, and tutoring to games and artistic exploration. The enormous challenges and diversity of possible applications of IVAs have - sulted in an established annual conference.
Author(s): Jan M. Allbeck, Hadas Kress-Gazit (auth.), Jan Allbeck, Norman Badler, Timothy Bickmore, Catherine Pelachaud, Alla Safonova (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6356 : Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 490
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Simulation and Modeling
Front Matter....Pages -
Constraints-Based Complex Behavior in Rich Environments....Pages 1-14
Smart Events and Primed Agents....Pages 15-27
Using Artificial Team Members for Team Training in Virtual Environments....Pages 28-34
A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Human Motives: A Principled Basis for the Motives of Intelligent Agents....Pages 35-41
The Impact of a Mixed Reality Display Configuration on User Behavior with a Virtual Human....Pages 42-48
A Multimodal Real-Time Platform for Studying Human-Avatar Interactions....Pages 49-56
Realizing Multimodal Behavior....Pages 57-63
Designing an Expressive Avatar of a Real Person....Pages 64-76
Interactive Motion Modeling and Parameterization by Direct Demonstration....Pages 77-90
Speed Dating with an Affective Virtual Agent - Developing a Testbed for Emotion Models....Pages 91-103
Individualized Gesturing Outperforms Average Gesturing – Evaluating Gesture Production in Virtual Humans....Pages 104-117
Level of Detail Based Behavior Control for Virtual Characters....Pages 118-124
Virtual Agents Based Simulation for Training Healthcare Workers in Hand Hygiene Procedures....Pages 125-131
Modeling Behavioral Manifestations of Coordination and Rapport over Multiple Conversations....Pages 132-138
DelsArtMap: Applying Delsarte’s Aesthetic System to Virtual Agents....Pages 139-145
Backchannel Strategies for Artificial Listeners....Pages 146-158
Learning Backchannel Prediction Model from Parasocial Consensus Sampling: A Subjective Evaluation....Pages 159-172
RIDE: A Simulator for Robotic Intelligence Development....Pages 173-179
A Velocity-Based Approach for Simulating Human Collision Avoidance....Pages 180-186
Influence of Personality Traits on Backchannel Selection....Pages 187-193
Multimodal Backchannels for Embodied Conversational Agents....Pages 194-200
A Virtual Interpreter for the Italian Sign Language....Pages 201-207
How Our Personality Shapes Our Interactions with Virtual Characters - Implications for Research and Development....Pages 208-221
Evaluating the Effect of Gesture and Language on Personality Perception in Conversational Agents....Pages 222-235
Developing Interpersonal Relationships with Virtual Agents through Social Instructional Dialog....Pages 236-249
Multiple Agent Roles in an Adaptive Virtual Classroom Environment....Pages 250-256
Creating Individual Agents through Personality Traits....Pages 257-264
Bossy or Wimpy: Expressing Social Dominance by Combining Gaze and Linguistic Behaviors....Pages 265-271
Warmth, Competence, Believability and Virtual Agents....Pages 272-285
Ada and Grace: Toward Realistic and Engaging Virtual Museum Guides....Pages 286-300
Interaction Strategies for an Affective Conversational Agent....Pages 301-314
”Why Can’t We Be Friends?” An Empathic Game Companion for Long-Term Interaction....Pages 315-321
Towards an Episodic Memory for Companion Dialogue....Pages 322-328
Generating Culture-Specific Gestures for Virtual Agent Dialogs....Pages 329-335
Avatars in Conversation: The Importance of Simulating Territorial Behavior....Pages 336-342
The Impact of Linguistic and Cultural Congruity on Persuasion by Conversational Agents....Pages 343-349
A Multiparty Multimodal Architecture for Realtime Turntaking....Pages 350-356
The Influence of Emotions in Embodied Agents on Human Decision-Making....Pages 357-370
Dimensional Emotion Prediction from Spontaneous Head Gestures for Interaction with Sensitive Artificial Listeners....Pages 371-377
An Intelligent Virtual Agent to Increase Involvement in Financial Services....Pages 378-384
Exploration on Affect Sensing from Improvisational Interaction....Pages 385-391
Using Virtual Humans to Bootstrap the Creation of Other Virtual Humans....Pages 392-398
Making It Personal: End-User Authoring of Health Narratives Delivered by Virtual Agents....Pages 399-405
MAY: My Memories Are Yours....Pages 406-412
Expression of Behaviors in Assistant Agents as Influences on Rational Execution of Plans....Pages 413-419
Reflecting User Faces in Avatars....Pages 420-426
How a Virtual Agent Should Smile?....Pages 427-440
How Turn-Taking Strategies Influence Users’ Impressions of an Agent....Pages 441-453
That Avatar Is Looking at Me! Social Inhibition in Virtual Worlds....Pages 454-467
Know Your Users! Empirical Results for Tailoring an Agent´s Nonverbal Behavior to Different User Groups....Pages 468-474
The Persona Zero-Effect: Evaluating Virtual Character Benefits on a Learning Task with Repeated Interactions....Pages 475-481
High Score! - Motivation Strategies for User Participation in Virtual Human Development....Pages 482-488
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