Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc

Dennis Reidsma; H. van Welbergen; Ronald C. Paul; B.L.A. van de Laar; Antinus Nijholt

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_77

Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc

Dennis Reidsma, H. van Welbergen, Ronald C. Paul, B.L.A. van de Laar, Antinus Nijholt

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Virtual humans (VHs) are used in many educational and entertainment settings: training and serious gaming, interactive information kiosks, tour guides, tutoring, interactive virtual dancers, and much more. Building a complete VH from scratch is a daunting task, and it makes sense to rely on existing platforms. However, when one builds a novel interactive VH application, one needs to be able to adapt and extend the means to control the VH offered by the platform, without reprogramming parts of the platform. This paper describes Elckerlyc, a novel platform for controlling a VH. The focus is on how to easily extend and adapt the system to the needs of a particular application, without programming.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010)
Editors	Hyun Seung Yang, Rainer Malaka, Junichi Hoshino, Jung Hyun Han
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	514-517
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-15398-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_77
Publication status	Published - 28 Aug 2010
Event	9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2010 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 8 Sep 2010 → 11 Sep 2010 Conference number: 9

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6243
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2010
Abbreviated title	ICEC
Country	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	8/09/10 → 11/09/10

Keywords

IR-72719
METIS-270999
Animation
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
SAIBA
EWI-18336
behavioral mark-up language (BML)
Virtual Humans

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Reidsma, D., van Welbergen, H., Paul, R. C., van de Laar, B. L. A., & Nijholt, A. (2010). Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc. In H. S. Yang, R. Malaka, J. Hoshino, & J. H. Han (Eds.), 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010) (pp. 514-517). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6243). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_77

Reidsma, Dennis ; van Welbergen, H. ; Paul, Ronald C. ; van de Laar, B.L.A. ; Nijholt, Antinus. / Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc. 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010). editor / Hyun Seung Yang ; Rainer Malaka ; Junichi Hoshino ; Jung Hyun Han. London : Springer, 2010. pp. 514-517 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Reidsma, D, van Welbergen, H, Paul, RC, van de Laar, BLA & Nijholt, A 2010, Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc. in HS Yang, R Malaka, J Hoshino & JH Han (eds), 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6243, Springer, London, pp. 514-517, 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2010, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 8/09/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_77

Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc. / Reidsma, Dennis; van Welbergen, H.; Paul, Ronald C.; van de Laar, B.L.A.; Nijholt, Antinus.

9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010). ed. / Hyun Seung Yang; Rainer Malaka; Junichi Hoshino; Jung Hyun Han. London : Springer, 2010. p. 514-517 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6243).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Reidsma D, van Welbergen H, Paul RC, van de Laar BLA, Nijholt A. Developing Educational and Entertaining Virtual Humans using Elckerlyc. In Yang HS, Malaka R, Hoshino J, Han JH, editors, 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2010). London: Springer. 2010. p. 514-517. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15399-0_77

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