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Expression of Emotions Using Wrinkles, Blushing, Sweating and Tears

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Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2009)

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Wrinkles, blushing, sweating and tears are physiological manifestations of emotions in humans. Therefore, the simulation of these phenomena is important for the goal of building believable virtual humans which interact naturally and effectively with humans. This paper describes a real-time model for the simulation of wrinkles, blushing, sweating and tears. A study is also conducted to assess the influence of the model on the perception of surprise, sadness, anger, shame, pride and fear. The study follows a repeated-measures design where subjects compare how well is each emotion expressed by virtual humans with or without these phenomena. The results reveal a significant positive effect on the perception of surprise, sadness, anger, shame and fear. The relevance of these results is discussed for the fields of virtual humans and expression of emotions.

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  1. Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, 13274 Fiji Way, Marina Del Rey, CA, 90292, USA

    Celso M. de Melo & Jonathan Gratch

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  1. Human Media Interaction (HMI), University of Twente, EWI (Zilverling), P.O.Box 217, 7500, Enschede, AE, The Netherlands

    Zsófia Ruttkay

  2. Deutsches Forschungszentrum für künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), Campus D3.2, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

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  3. Human Media Interaction Group,Dept. of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500, Enschede, AE, The Netherlands

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  4. Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents, CADIA, School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University, Kringlan 1, 103, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Hannes Högni Vilhjálmsson

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de Melo, C.M., Gratch, J. (2009). Expression of Emotions Using Wrinkles, Blushing, Sweating and Tears. In: Ruttkay, Z., Kipp, M., Nijholt, A., Vilhjálmsson, H.H. (eds) Intelligent Virtual Agents. IVA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5773. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04380-2_23

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