As an emerging artificial intelligence system, social robot could socially communicate and
interact with human beings. Although this area is attracting more and more attention, limited …

Each year, researchers and technologists are bringing the vision of the Metaverse, which is
predicted to be the future of the internet, closer to becoming a reality. People will spend most …

As the nature of human-robot relationships have become increasingly bound to shift from
supervisor–machine to friend–companion, people have exhibited an increasing interest in …

One might question why we need appearance for a metaphor to work as voice assistants
can effectively express the characteristics of a metaphor solely through behavior. We argue …

As one of the latest applications in the era of artificial intelligence, a social robot is playing a
more and more important role in our daily life. However, few attempts to date have been …

The gaze behavior of virtual avatars is critical to social presence and perceived eye contact
during social interactions in Virtual Reality. Virtual Reality headsets are being designed with …

This course will introduce students, researchers and digital artists to the recent results in
perceptual research on virtual characters. It covers both how technical and artistic aspects …

As a technical application in artificial intelligence, a social robot is one of the branches of
robotic studies that emphasizes socially communicating and interacting with human beings …

Human perceptual studies have shown that facial characteristics affect judgments about the
personality of a person. For example, larger facial width has been associated with …

Effective cooperation between humans and technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence
(AI) is decisive to fully exploit AI's economic and social potentials. However, the adoption of …