This second edition of a bestseller presents systematic and extensive coverage of the
primary areas of research and development within VE technology. It brings together a …

Sign language (SL) avatar systems aid communication between the hearing and deaf
communities. Despite technological progress, there is a lack of a standardized avatar …

Virtual agents are systems that add a social dimension to computing, often featuring not only
natural language input but also an embodiment or avatar. This allows them to take on a …

While virtual humans are proven tools for training, education and research, they are far from
realizing their full potential. Advances are needed in individual capabilities, such as …

We demonstrate a method for generating a 3D virtual character performance from the audio
signal by inferring the acoustic and semantic properties of the utterance. Through a prosodic …

A significant goal in multi-modal virtual agent research is to determine how to vary
expressive qualities of a character so that it is perceived in a desired way. The “Big Five” …

The question how exactly gesture and emotion are interrelated is still sparsely covered in
research, yet highly relevant for building affective artificial agents. In our study, we …

This paper presents the SEMAINE API, an open source framework for building emotion‐
oriented systems. By encouraging and simplifying the use of standard representation …

The accessibility of Cultural Heritage content for the diverse user population visiting Cultural
Heritage Institutions and accessing content online has not been thoroughly discussed …

Designing virtual characters that are capable of conveying a sense of personality is
important for generating realistic experiences, and thus a key goal in computer animation …