Title :
An animated on-line community with artificial agents
Author :
Rich, Charles ; Waters, Richard C. ; Schabes, Yves ; Freeman, William T. ; Torrance, Mark C. ; Golding, Andrew R. ; Roth, Michal
Author_Institution :
Mitsubushi Electr. Res. Labs., Japan
Abstract :
The article is a "report from the trenches" of work on interactive multimedia environments. We implemented a prototype computer system that combines aspects of an online community with aspects of a virtual reality environment. The purpose of the prototype is to explore the capabilities of current technology and to develop research directions for the future.<>
Keywords :
computer animation; interactive systems; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; software agents; virtual reality; animated online community; artificial agents; interactive multimedia environments; prototype computer system; research directions; virtual reality environment; Animation; Collaborative work; Displays; Humans; Natural languages; Prototypes; Robots; Speech recognition; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
