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Virtual pedagogical agents: Naturalism vs. stylization

Author

Editor

  • Jonathan Gratch
  • Michael Young
  • Ruth Aylett
  • Daniel Ballin
  • Patrick Olivier

Summary, in English

In discussions on naturalism vs. stylization in the design of virtual pedagogical agents (VPAs), the smooth communication argument is one of the most central in favour of visual naturalism. Yet, this argument dissolves if we separate design into the levels of: (l) linguistic performance, where the support for naturalism is strong; (2) dynamic visual appearance, in the sense of bodily behaviour, with increasing design freedom still matching positive user responses; and (3) static visual appearance, as the under lying, inanimate, visual model, with naturalism a well defined state, but stylization spanning a complex, multidimensional design space. A comparison with cartoons and animated movies here suggest a potential for stylized designs.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

455-455

Publication/Series

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Intelligent Virtual Agents)

Volume

4133/2006

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Learning

Conference name

The 6:th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2006)

Conference date

2006-08-21 - 2006-08-23

Conference place

Marina Del Rey, CA, United States

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1611-3349
  • ISSN: 0302-9743
  • ISBN: 978-3-540-37593-7