Conversational agents (CAs) are software-based systems designed to interact with humans
using natural language and have attracted considerable research interest in recent years …

Gestures that accompany speech are an essential part of natural and efficient embodied
human communication. The automatic generation of such co‐speech gestures is a long …

Thanks to the decreasing cost of whole-body sensing technology and its increasing
reliability, there is an increasing interest in, and understanding of, the role played by body …

A person's emotions and state of mind are apparent in their face and eyes. As a Latin
proverb states:'The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers'. This presents a …

This paper describes an international effort to unify a multimodal behavior generation
framework for Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). We propose a three stage model …

This paper attempts to give a high-level overview of the field of artificial and computational
intelligence (AI/CI) in games, with particular reference to how the different core research …

Virtual Humans provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a 'virtual human'and
places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Intelligence development. It …

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 …

Believable nonverbal behaviors for embodied conversational agents (ECA) can create a
more immersive experience for users and improve the effectiveness of communication. This …

Life-like characters is one of the most exciting technologies for human-computer interface
applications today. They convincingly take the roles of virtual presenters, synthetic actors …