Paper Info
Title
Highly Realistic 3D Presentation Agents with Visual Attention Capability
Abstract
This research proposes 3D graphical agents in the role of virtual presenters with a new type of functionality --- the capability to process and respond to visual attention of users communicated by their eye movements. Eye gaze is an excellent clue to users' attention, visual interest, and visual preference. Using state-of-the-art non-contact eye tracking technology, eye movements can be assessed in a unobtrusive way. By analyzing and interpreting eye behavior in real-time, our proposed system can adapt to the current (visual) interest state of the user, and thus provide a more personalized, context-aware, and `attentive' experience of the presentation. The system implements a virtual presentation room, where research content of our institute is presented by a team of two highly realistic 3D agents in a dynamic and interactive way. A small preliminary study was conducted to investigate users' gaze behavior with a non-interactive version of the system. A demo video based on our system was awarded as the best application of life-like agents at the GALA event in 2006.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/978-3-540-73214-3_7
Smart Graphics
Keywords
Field
DocType
research content,highly realistic,virtual presentation room,visual preference,eye movement,visual interest,eye behavior,visual attention,proposed system,interest state,state-of-the-art non-contact eye tracking,presentation agents,eye tracking,eye gaze,real time,3d graphics
Computer vision,Gaze,Computer science,Gaze-contingency paradigm,Visual attention,Eye movement,Eye tracking,Artificial intelligence,Dialog system,Multimedia
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
4569
0302-9743
5
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.49
14
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arjen Hoekstra150.49
Helmut Prendinger21600140.67
Nikolaus Bee332924.77
Dirk Heylen486789.11
Mitsuru Ishizuka53232303.83