Animated interactive characters and robots that are able to function in human social environments are being developed by a large number of research groups worldwide. Emotional expression, as a key element of human social interaction and communication, is often added in an attempt to make them appear more natural to us. How can such artefacts be given emotional displays that are believable and acceptable to humans? This is the central question of Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction.
The ability to express and recognize emotions is a fundamental aspect of social interaction. Not only is it a central research question, it has been explored in animated films, dance, and other expressive arts for a much longer period. This book is unique in presenting a multi-disciplinary approach to animation in its broadest sense: from internal mechanisms to external displays, not only from a graphical perspective, but more generally examining how to give characters an "anima", so that they appear as life-like entities and social partners to humans. (Series B)
| ISBN: | 9789027252104 |
| Publication date: | 27th November 2008 |
| Author: | Lola Cañamero, Ruth Aylett |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 324 pages |
| Series: | Advances in Consciousness Research |
| Genres: |
Human–computer interaction |
Animated interactive characters and robots that are able to function in human social environments are being developed by a large number of research groups worldwide. Emotional expression, as a key element of human social interaction and communication, is often added in an attempt to make them appear more natural to us. How can such artefacts be given emotional displays that are believable and acceptable to humans? This is the central question of Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction.
The ability to express and recognize emotions is a fundamental aspect of social interaction. Not only is it a central research question, it has been explored in animated films, dance, and other expressive arts for a much longer period. This book is unique in presenting a multi-disciplinary approach to animation in its broadest sense: from internal mechanisms to external displays, not only from a graphical perspective, but more generally examining how to give characters an "anima", so that they appear as life-like entities and social partners to humans. (Series B)
Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction features in the following genres: Human–computer interaction
Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction is available in Hardback
Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction was written by Lola Cañamero, Ruth Aylett and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Animating Expressive Characters for Social Interaction has 324 pages
Yes it is part of Advances in Consciousness Research series