Eye tracking is becoming increasingly available in head-mounted virtual reality displays with
various headsets with integrated eye trackers already commercially available. The …

Embodied virtual reality faithfully renders users' movements onto an avatar in a virtual 3D
environment, supporting nuanced nonverbal behavior alongside verbal communication. To …

Facebook, Google and many other established players' future will encompass a new media
format—Virtual Reality (VR)—that require novel devices such as VR glasses. While market …

Virtual agents are systems that add a social dimension to computing, often featuring not only
natural language input but also an embodiment or avatar. This allows them to take on a …

Polyadic chatbots, conversational agents created explicitly for multiparty interactions, are
gaining appeal as game-changing technologies in human-AI engagement. Unlike dyadic …

Background Reaction behaviors by human-looking agents to nonverbal communication
cues significantly affect how they are perceived as well as how they directly affect …

While most research has focused on one-on-one interactions, Socially Interactive Agents
(SIAs) for multiparty interaction have received increasingly more atten tion in the past years …

The integration of large language models and mixed reality technologies has enabled users
to engage in free-form conversations with virtual agents across different “realities”. However …

Interacting with virtual agents in immersive settings is becoming increasingly common
thanks to the proliferation of dedicated media devices, such as consumer-grade virtual and …

Amid current social distancing measures requiring people to work from home, there has
been renewed interest on how to effectively converse and collaborate remotely utilizing …