Trappl R., Petta P. (eds.) Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors. Towards Autonomous Personality Agents

Springer, 1997. — 257 p.Progress in computer animation has attained such a speed that computergenerated human faces and figures on ubiquitous screens wilt soon be indistinguishable from those of real humans. The potential both for scripted films and real-time interaction with users is enormous. However, in order to cope with this potential, these faces and figures must be guided by autonomous "personality agents". But what is the current state of the art in this far less visible domain of research?
To answer this question, we decided to organise a two-day workshop which took place at the premises of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Vienna. To this workshop we invited scientists known for their work in this area, ranging from computer animation specialists, computer scientists, and specialists in AI, to psychologists and philosophers.
This book is the collection of the papers which were presented as first drafts at that occasion. The lively discussion was taped, transcribed, and sent to the participants. We are extremely grateful to them for the pains they took to consider the comments, to enhance their papers with new material, and to submit them on time. At least one author of each of the papers presented in this book was present at our workshop, with the sole exception of Barbara Hayes-Roth, who regrettably had already accepted other duties when the date of the event was set.Why to Create Personalities for Synthetic Actors
Dressing Virtual Humans
Autonomous Virtual Actors Based on Virtual Sensors
Towards Personalities for Animated Agents with Reactive and Planning Behaviors
IMPROV: A System for Real-Time Animation of Behavior-Based Interactive Synthetic Actors
Multi-level Control for Animated Autonomous Agents: Do the Right Thing … Oh, Not That
Tools for an Interactive Virtual Cinema
Acting in Character
Some Requirements and Approaches for Natural Language in a Believable Agent
Personality Parameters and Programs
What Sort of Control System Is Able to Have a Personality?
Personalities for Synthetic Actors: Current Issuesand Some Perspectives
Personalities for Synthetic Actors: A Bibliography