Empathic Avatar
Abstract:
Empathic avatars is a new collaborative project between UCL Department
of Computer Science VECG Group and the University of Cambridge Computer
Lab Rainbow Research Group. The aim of the project is to create
avatars (graphical representation of people in a virtual environment)
that accurately represent the emotional state of their user. We
will achieve this by using affect sensing technology developed in
Cambridge. Instead of using a single, possibly unreliable, form
of input we will combine together multiple sources of affective
information, including facial expression, non-verbal aspects of
voice and physiological measures such as heart rate. Combining different
measures will allow us to build a more complete and accurate model
of the users emotional state. We will then use virtual character
technologies developed at UCL to map this emotional state onto appropriate
body language of an animated character.
This project is funded by the EPSRC(Joint Grant Proposal EP/D003180
& EP/D505542).
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