The outcome of interpersonal interactions depends not only on the contents that we
communicate verbally, but also on nonverbal social signals. Because a lack of social skills is …

Why do we perceive virtual assistants as something radically new? Our hypothesis is that
today virtual assistants are raising an expectation for natural interaction with the human …

With the growing number of conversational systems that find their way in our daily life, new
questions and challenges arise. Even though natural conversation with agent-based …

Virtual assistants are promoted by the software industry as a radically new species of tools,
but a clear definition of their specific way to interact with human users missing. The explicit …

Humans tend to interpret the behavior of robots and virtual characters in human terms.
Therefore, interaction designers need to ensure that the agent's behaviors align with the …