Paper Info
Title
FearNot! demo: a virtual environment with synthetic characters to help bullying
Abstract
This demo features FearNot!, a school-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) populated by synthetic characters representing the various actors in a bullying scenario. FearNot! uses emergent narrative to create improvised dramas with those characters. The goal is to enable children to explore bullying issues, and coping strategies, interacting with characters to which they become affectively engaged. Through their appearance, behaviours and affect, these characters are able to trigger empathic relations with the user. FearNot! is used for Personal and Health Social Education (PHSE) for children aged 8--12, in the UK, Portugal and Germany.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1329125.1329452
AAMAS
Keywords
Field
DocType
empathic relation,school-based virtual learning environment,emergent narrative,bullying issue,synthetic character,health social education,various actor,virtual environment,bullying scenario,coping strategies,virtual learning environment
Virtual learning environment,World Wide Web,Virtual machine,Social Education,Computer science,Coping (psychology),Narrative,Artificial intelligence,Multimedia,Machine learning
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.57
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marco Vala132827.57
Pedro Sequeira212714.48
Ana Paiva32618287.01
Ruth Aylett41377170.50