Xface open source project and smil-agent scripting language for creating and animating embodied conversational agents

Proceedings of the ACM International Multimedia Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1013-1016

  Balci, Koray ^a   Not, Elena ^a   Zancanaro, Massimo ^a   Pianesi, Fabio ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D talking heads; Embodied conversational agents; MPEG4 facial animation; Open source; Scripting; SMIL

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); SOFTWARE AGENTS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

3D TALKING HEADS; EMBODIED CONVERSATIONAL AGENTS; MPEG4 FACIAL ANIMATION; OPEN SOURCE;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 37849003802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1291233.1291453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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