Human Computing, Virtual Humans and Artificial Imperfection

Z.M. Ruttkay; Dennis Reidsma; Antinus Nijholt

doi:10.1145/1180995.1181033

Human Computing, Virtual Humans and Artificial Imperfection

Z.M. Ruttkay, Dennis Reidsma, Antinus Nijholt

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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
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	https://doi.org/10.1145/1180995.1181033
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

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Conference	8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, ICMI 2006
Abbreviated title	ICMI
Country	Canada
City	Banff
Period	2/11/06 → 4/11/06

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IR-63740
METIS-237684
EWI-8374

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Ruttkay, ZM, Reidsma, D & Nijholt, A 2006, Human Computing, Virtual Humans and Artificial Imperfection. in F Quek & Y Yang (eds), ICMI '06: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, USA, pp. 179-184, 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, ICMI 2006, Banff, Canada, 2/11/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/1180995.1181033

Human Computing, Virtual Humans and Artificial Imperfection. / Ruttkay, Z.M.; Reidsma, Dennis ; Nijholt, Antinus.

ICMI '06: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces. ed. / F. Quek; Y. Yang. New York, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2006. p. 179-184.

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