A computational model of dynamic perceptual attention for virtual humans

Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization - 14th Conference on Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 150-157

  Kim, Youngjun ^a   Hill Jr , Randall W ^a   Traum, David R ^a  

^a Institute for Creative Technologies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Non verbal communication; Perception; Virtual human

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; ATTENTION MODEL; BOTTOM-UP ATTENTION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL CONTEXT; TOPDOWN; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84865324252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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