The ANIMUS project: A framework for the creation of interactive creatures in immersed environments

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn Part F129026, Issue , 2003, Pages 91-99

  Torres, Daniel ^a   Boulanger, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent architectures; Artificial intelligence; Artificial perception; Believable agents; Broad agents; Human machine interaction; Inmersive environments; Intelligent agents; Interactive art; Synthetic creatures; VR entertainment

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGENT ARCHITECTURES; ARTIFICIAL PERCEPTION; BELIEVABLE AGENT; HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTION; INMERSIVE; INTERACTIVE ARTS; SYNTHETIC CREATURES; VR ENTERTAINMENT;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 26944486718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1008653.1008671     Document Type: Conference Paper

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