Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are increasingly used in healthcare and other
settings to improve self-management and provide companionship. Their ability to form close …

In greeting encounters, first impressions of personality and attitude are quickly formed and
might determine important relational decisions, such as the likelihood and frequency of …

In first encounters people quickly form impressions of each other's personality and
interpersonal attitude. We conducted a study to investigate how this transfers to first …

Gaze behavior of virtual characters in video games and virtual reality experiences is a key
factor of realism and immersion. Indeed, gaze plays many roles when interacting with the …

We propose a human-robot interaction approach for social robots that attracts and controls
the attention of a target person depending on her/his current visual focus of attention. The …

In this paper an interactive and realistic virtual head oriented to human–computer interaction
and social robotics is presented. It has been designed following a hybrid approach, taking …

Animated characters are expected to fulfill a variety of social roles across different domains.
To be successful and effective, these characters must display a wide range of personalities …

Massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, or MMOs, present an increasingly popular
digital media experience whereby identity emerges as players contribute materially to play …

An avatar is one's figure of representation within the virtual world. The user-avatar bond is
suggested to carry information about who/how the person is in their real life. Discrepancies …

An automatic model is presented for animating gaze shifts of virtual characters towards
target locations in a virtual environment. Two connected components are described: an eye …