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Title:
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INTERACTIVE AGENTS FOR MULTIMODAL EMOTIONAL USER INTERACTION |
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Author(s):
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Eva Cerezo , Sandra Baldassarri , Francisco Seron |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-39-3 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis, Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao (series editors:Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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emotional interface, multimodal interaction, virtual agent, ambient intelligence, virtual worlds. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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35 |
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Last Page:
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42 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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In this paper, Maxine, a powerful engine to develop applications with embodied animated agents is presented. The
engine, based on the use of opensource libraries, enables multimodal real-time interaction with the user: via text, voice,
images and gestures. Maxine virtual agents can establish emotional communication with the user through their facial expressions,
the modulation of the voice and expressing the answers of the agents according to the information gathered by
the system: noise level in the room, observers position, emotional state of the observer, etc. Moreover, the users emotions
are considered and captured through images. For the moment, Maxine virtual agents have been used as virtual
presenters and, a specific application, MaxinePPT, has been developed to allow non-programmers to create 3D
presentations easily from classical PowerPoint presentations. Nevertheless, other applications are also envisaged. |
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