Virtual humans for learning

AI Magazine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 13-30

  Swartout, William ^a   Artstein, Ron ^b   Forbell, Eric ^b   Foutz, Susan ^e   Lane, H Chad ^b   Lange, Belinda ^b   Morie, Jacquelyn ^c   Noren, Dan ^d   Rizzo, Skip ^b   Traum, David ^b  

^a Div of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Museum of Science   (United States)

^e Museum of Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING;

COMPUTER GENERATED CHARACTERS; HUMAN-HUMAN INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL ELEMENTS; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84880670595     PISSN: 07384602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2487     Document Type: Article

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