Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors: Towards Autonomous Personality Agents

ISBN-13: 9783540627357 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 259 str.

Robert Trappl; Robert Trappl; Paolo Petta

Opis

Progress in computer animation is such that soon computer-generated faces on screen will be indistinguishable from those of real humans. These faces and figures must be guided by autonomous personality agents. This book presents research and developments making synthetic actors more autonomous.

Spis treści

Why to create personalities for synthetic actors.- Dressing virtual humans.- Autonomous virtual actors based on virtual sensors.- Towards personalities for animated agents with reactive and planning behaviors.- IMPROV: A system for real-time animation of behavior-based interactive synthetic actors.- Multi-level control for animated autonomous agents: Do the right thing... Oh, not that....- Tools for an interactive virtual cinema.- Acting in character.- Some requirements and approaches for natural language in a believable agent.- Personality parameters and programs.- What sort of control system is able to have a personality?.- Personalities for synthetic actors: Current issues and some perspectives.- Personalities for synthetic actors: A bibliography.