Title

Why Can'T A Virtual Character Be More Like A Human: A Mixed-Initiative Approach To Believable Agents

Keywords

artificial intelligence; character believability; interactive storytelling; interactive virtual environment; Mixed-initiative system

Abstract

Believable agents have applications in a wide range of human computer interaction-related domains, such as education, training, arts and entertainment. Autonomous characters that behave in a believable manner have the potential to maintain human users' suspense of disbelief and fully engage them in the experience. However, how to construct believable agents, especially in a generalizable and cost effective way, is still an open problem. This paper compares the two common approaches for constructing believable agents - human-driven and artificial intelligence-driven interactive characters - and proposes a mixed-initiative approach in the domain of interactive training systems. Our goal is to provide the user with engaging and effective educational experiences through their interaction with our system. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.

Publication Date

7-21-2011

Publication Title

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

6774 LNCS

Issue

PART 2

Number of Pages

289-296

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22024-1_32

Socpus ID

79960403986 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79960403986

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