Presenting in Virtual Worlds: An Architecture for a 3D Anthropomorphic Presenter

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September/October 2006 (vol. 21 no. 5)

pp. 47-53

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	Herwin van Welbergen, Anton Nijholt, Dennis Reidsma, Job Zwiers, "Presenting in Virtual Worlds: An Architecture for a 3D Anthropomorphic Presenter," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 47-53, September/October, 2006.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MIS.2006.101, author = {Herwin van Welbergen and Anton Nijholt and Dennis Reidsma and Job Zwiers}, title = {Presenting in Virtual Worlds: An Architecture for a 3D Anthropomorphic Presenter}, journal ={IEEE Intelligent Systems}, volume = {21}, number = {5}, issn = {1541-1672}, year = {2006}, pages = {47-53}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIS.2006.101}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Intelligent Systems TI - Presenting in Virtual Worlds: An Architecture for a 3D Anthropomorphic Presenter IS - 5 SN - 1541-1672 SP47 EP53 EPD - 47-53 A1 - Herwin van Welbergen, A1 - Anton Nijholt, A1 - Dennis Reidsma, A1 - Job Zwiers, PY - 2006 KW - multimodal generation KW - embodied conversational agents KW - virtual reality KW - presenting VL - 21 JA - IEEE Intelligent Systems ER -

Herwin van Welbergen, University of Twente

Anton Nijholt, University of Twente

Dennis Reidsma, University of Twente

Job Zwiers, University of Twente

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Multiparty-interaction technology is changing entertainment, education, and training. Deployed examples of such technology include embodied agents and robots that act as a museum guide, a news presenter, a teacher, a receptionist, or someone trying to sell you insurance, homes, or tickets. In all these cases, the embodied agent needs to explain and describe. This article describes the design of a 3D virtual presenter that uses different output channels (including speech and animation of posture, pointing, and involuntary movements) to present and explain. The behavior is scripted and synchronized with a 2D display containing associated text and regions (slides, drawings, and paintings) at which the presenter can point. This article is part of a special issue on interactive entertainment.

Index Terms:

multimodal generation, embodied conversational agents, virtual reality, presenting

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Herwin van Welbergen, Anton Nijholt, Dennis Reidsma, Job Zwiers, "Presenting in Virtual Worlds: An Architecture for a 3D Anthropomorphic Presenter," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 47-53, Sep./Oct. 2006, doi:10.1109/MIS.2006.101

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