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A framework for human-like behavior in an immersive virtual world

Kuijk, Fons, Van Broeck, Sigurd, Dareau, Claude, Ravenet, Brian, Ochs, Magalie, Apostolakis, Konstantinos, Daras, Petros ORCID: 0000-0003-3814-6710, Monaghan, David, O'Connor, Noel E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4033-9135, Wall, Julie and Izquierdo, Ebroul ORCID: 0000-0002-7142-3970 (2013) A framework for human-like behavior in an immersive virtual world. In: DSP 2013 18th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing, 1-3 Jul 2013, Santorini, Greece.

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Abstract

Just as readers feel immersed when the story-line adheres to their experiences, users will more easily feel immersed in a virtual environment if the behavior of the characters in that environment adheres to their expectations, based on their life-long observations in the real world. This paper introduces a framework that allows authors to establish natural, human-like behavior, physical interaction and emotional engagement of characters living in a virtual environment. Represented by realistic virtual characters, this framework allows people to feel immersed in an Internet based virtual world in which they can meet and share experiences in a natural way as they can meet and share experiences in real life. Rather than just being visualized in a 3D space, the virtual characters (autonomous agents as well as avatars representing users) in the immersive environment facilitate social interaction and multi-party collaboration, mixing virtual with real.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:autonomous agent; avatar; collaboration; emotional engagement; humanoid; immersive; interaction; semi-autonomous avatar; tele-immersion
Subjects:Computer Science > Machine learning
Engineering > Virtual reality
Engineering > Artificial life
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:18089
Deposited On:13 Aug 2013 11:18 by David Monaghan . Last Modified 15 Nov 2018 11:38

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