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VW 2000: Virtual Worlds pp 99–106Cite as

Creating Emotive Responsive Characters Within Virtual Worlds

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Virtual Worlds can seem to come to life when they have virtual characters in them. On the other hand, if these characters are not “believable” they can actually damage the sense of presence and immersion for a human participant. This problem is not purely one of engineering or of artistic judgement, but rather it calls for a combination of both. How do we combine technology and artistic content effectively to create believable interactive virtual characters? We will look at several examples from our own research and try to extrapolate some principles.

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  1. NYU Department of Computer Science, Media Research Laboratory, USA

    Ken Perlin

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  1. International Institute of Multimedia, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, 92916, Paris La Défense Cedex, France

    Jean-Claude Heudin

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Perlin, K. (2000). Creating Emotive Responsive Characters Within Virtual Worlds. In: Heudin, JC. (eds) Virtual Worlds. VW 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1834. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45016-5_10

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