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Optimization Strategies for a Scalable Avatar

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Smart Graphics (SG 2003)

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Computers are moving more and more from the desktop into our everyday life. Today’s challenge is to build a suitable visualization architecture for anthropomorphic conversational user interfaces which will run on different devices like laptops, PDAs and smart phones. Concrete implementations as part of conversational interfaces are User-Interface Avatars which are anthropomorphic representatives on the base of artificial 3D characters. The existing system methods, the graphical output chain and different optimization strategies are discussed.

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  1. Interactive Graphics Systems Group, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 3D Graphics Computing, Fraunhoferstraße 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Uwe Berner

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  1. Universität des Saarlandes, FR 6.2 Informatik, Postfach 15 11 50, 66041, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Andreas Butz  & Antonio Krüger  & 

  2. Lexicle, Innovation Centre, York Science Park, York, YO10 5DG, UK

    Patrick Olivier

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Berner, U. (2003). Optimization Strategies for a Scalable Avatar. In: Butz, A., Krüger, A., Olivier, P. (eds) Smart Graphics. SG 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2733. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-37620-8_23

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