Over the past few years we have been develo** an expressive embodied conversational
agent system. In particular, we have developed a model of multimodal behaviours that …

Recent years have seen enormous advances in computerization and digitization as well as
a corresponding growth in the use of information technology allowing users to access and …

Although scientists dating back to Darwin have noted the importance of the body in
communicating emotion, current research on emotion communication tends to emphasize …

Animated characters that move and gesticulate appropriately with spoken text are useful in a
wide range of applications. Unfortunately, this class of movement is very difficult to generate …

Our aim is to create an affective embodied conversational agent (ECA); that is an ECA able
to display communicative and emotional signals. Nonverbal communication is done through …

Good motion data is costly to create. Such an expense often makes the reuse of motion data
through transformation and retargetting a more attractive option than creating new motion …

This chapter addresses the bodily expression of emotion, specifically, how people
communicate emotion through body posture and gesture and how they make inferences …

In this paper, we present a real-time method for generating 3D biped character motions that
are dynamic and responsive but also believably life-like and natural. Our model uses a …

We introduce a research framework for the design of interactive experiences in the domain
of emergent narrative, an application area of computational narrative in which stories …

Virtual humans are employed in many interactive applications using 3D virtual
environments, including (serious) games. The motion of such virtual humans should look …