The effects of empathetic virtual characters on presence in narrative-centered learning environments

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1511-1520

  McQuiggan, Scott W ^a   Rowe, Jonathan P ^a   Lester, James C ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

And experimental studies; Empathy; Learning environments; Narrative; Presence; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NARRATIVE; PRESENCE; VIRTUAL CHARACTERS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 57649205593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1357054.1357291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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