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IDEAS4Games: Building Expressive Virtual Characters for Computer Games

Patrick Gebhard; Marc Schröder; Marcela Charfuelan Oliva; Christoph Endres; Michael Kipp; Sathish Chandra Pammi; Martin Rumpler; Oytun Türk
In: Helmut Prendinger; James C. Lester; Mitsuru Ishizuka (Hrsg.). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA-2008), September 1-3, Tokyo, Japan, Pages 426-440, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI), Vol. 5208, ISBN 978-3-540-85482-1, Springer, 2008.

Abstract

In this paper we present two virtual characters in an interactive poker game using RFID-tagged poker cards for the interaction. To support the game creation process, we have combined models, methods, and technology that are currently investigated in the ECA research field in a unique way. A powerful and easy-to-use multimodal dialog authoring tool is used for the modeling of game content and interaction. The poker characters rely on a sophisticated model of affect and a state-of-the art speech synthesizer. During the game, the characters show a consistent expressive behavior that reflects the individually simulated affect in speech and animations. As a result, users are provided with an engaging interactive poker experience.

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