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A cross-platform, remotely-controlled mobile avatar simulation framework for AmI environments

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Emmanouil Zidianakis,

George Papagiannakis,

Constantine StephanidisAuthors Info & Claims

SA '14: SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications

Article No.: 12, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/2669062.2669083

Published: 24 November 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Nowadays, users are able to interact with digital content using their mobile devices almost everywhere and anytime due to the increased power, portability, and ubiquitous connectivity of mobile devices. This paper presents the design and implementation of a novel, remotely controlled for the purposes of edutainment and instructor-student interaction, three-dimensional full body avatar gamification framework. The main innovation introduced focuses on multi-presence gamified educational scenarios in multiple desktop computers and mobile devices. Thus the remotely-controlled avatar can act as a guide, assistant or information presenter for novel, cross-platform Ambient Intelligence (AmI) edutainment scenarios. In detail, the avatar's role depends on the requirements of the AmI client applications as these are propagated remotely (using remote procedure calls). Examples of remote function invocations include real-time 3D biped skinned animations, text-to-speech, producing facial expressions and presenting multimedia content.

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Stefanidi EArampatzis DLeonidis APapagiannakis G(2019)BricklAyeR: A Platform for Building Rules for AmI Environments in ARAdvances in Computer Graphics10.1007/978-3-030-22514-8_39(417-423)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22514-8_39
Zidianakis EStratigi KIoannidi DPartarakis NAntona MStephanidis C(2017)The Farm Game: A Game Designed to Follow Children’s Playing MaturityInteractivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation10.1007/978-3-319-55834-9_3(20-28)Online publication date: 18-Mar-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55834-9_3
Zidianakis EZidianaki IIoannidi DPartarakis NAntona MPaparoulis GStephanidis C(2015)Employing Ambient Intelligence Technologies to Adapt Games to Children’s Playing MaturityUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to Learning, Health and Well-Being10.1007/978-3-319-20684-4_56(577-589)Online publication date: 18-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20684-4_56

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A cross-platform, remotely-controlled mobile avatar simulation framework for AmI environments
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Animation

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Stefanidi EArampatzis DLeonidis APapagiannakis G(2019)BricklAyeR: A Platform for Building Rules for AmI Environments in ARAdvances in Computer Graphics10.1007/978-3-030-22514-8_39(417-423)Online publication date: 12-Jun-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22514-8_39
Zidianakis EStratigi KIoannidi DPartarakis NAntona MStephanidis C(2017)The Farm Game: A Game Designed to Follow Children’s Playing MaturityInteractivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation10.1007/978-3-319-55834-9_3(20-28)Online publication date: 18-Mar-2017
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55834-9_3
Zidianakis EZidianaki IIoannidi DPartarakis NAntona MPaparoulis GStephanidis C(2015)Employing Ambient Intelligence Technologies to Adapt Games to Children’s Playing MaturityUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Access to Learning, Health and Well-Being10.1007/978-3-319-20684-4_56(577-589)Online publication date: 18-Jul-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20684-4_56

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