Abstract
It is certainly not the case that wen we consider research on the role of human characteristics in the user interface of computers that no attention has been paid to the role of humor. However, when we compare efforts in this area with efforts and experiments that attempt to demonstrate the positive role of general emotion modelling in the user interface, then we must conclude that this attention is still low. As we all know, sometimes the computer is a source of frustration rather than a source of enjoyment. And indeed we see research projects that aim at recognizing a user’s frustration, rather than his enjoyment. However, rather than detecting frustration, and maybe reacting on it in a humorous way, we would like to prevent frustration by making interaction with a computer more natural and more enjoyable. For that reason we are working on multimodal interaction and embodied conversational agents. In the interaction with embodied conversational agents verbal and nonverbal communication are equally important. Multimodal emotion display and detection are among our advanced research issues, and investigations in the role of humor in human-computer interaction is one of them.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Informal proceedings CHI'02 Workshop - Funology: Designing Enjoyment |
| Editors | M. Blyth |
| Place of Publication | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Pages | 11-14 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 21 Apr 2002 |
| Event | Informal proceedings CHI-02 Workshop - Funology: Designing Enjoyment - Minneapolis, USA Duration: 21 Apr 2002 → 21 Apr 2002 |
Workshop
| Workshop | Informal proceedings CHI-02 Workshop - Funology: Designing Enjoyment |
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| Period | 21/04/02 → 21/04/02 |
| Other | 21 April 2002 |
Keywords
- HMI-HF: Human Factors