Abstract
In this paper we raise the issue whether imperfections, characteristic of human-human communication, should be taken into account when developing virtual humans. We argue that endowing virtual humans with the imperfections of humans can help making them more ‘comfortable’ to interact with. That is, the natural communication of a virtual human should not be restricted to multimodal utterances that are always perfect, both in the sense of form and of content. We illustrate our views with examples from two own applications that we have worked on: the Virtual Dancer, and the Virtual Trainer. In both applications imperfectness helps in keeping the interaction engaging and entertaining.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ICMI '06 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces |
Editors | F. Quek, Y. Yang |
Place of Publication | New York, USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 179-184 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 1-59593-541-X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, ICMI 2006 - Banff, Canada Duration: 2 Nov 2006 → 4 Nov 2006 Conference number: 8 |
Publication series
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Publisher | ACM |
Number | 10 |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, ICMI 2006 |
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Abbreviated title | ICMI |
Country | Canada |
City | Banff |
Period | 2/11/06 → 4/11/06 |
Keywords
- IR-63740
- METIS-237684
- EWI-8374