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We propose a model of cognitive process allowing virtual agents to exhibit anticipatory abilities. With user experiments, we show that this mechanism brings about an improvement in the efficiency of the behavior generated, and check that external observers are able to perceive it. We also confirm that this improvement in efficiency leads, up to a point, to an improvement in believability as judged by human observers. Beyond this level of efficiency, believability reaches a plateau.
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Reynaud, Q., Donnart, JY., Corruble, V. (2014). Evaluating the Impact of Anticipation on the Efficiency and Believability of Virtual Agents. In: Bickmore, T., Marsella, S., Sidner, C. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8637. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09767-1_47
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