Title
A location-aware virtual character in a smart room: effects on performance, presence and adaptivity
Abstract
Location-aware ambient environments are relevant in designing interactive virtual characters. However, they raise several questions about spatial behaviors to be displayed by virtual characters, and about the perception of virtual characters by users. We designed a location-aware virtual agent that adapts its spatial behavior to users' and objects' locations during a search task in a smart room. We conducted an experimental evaluation comparing this adaptive agent with an agent that does not perceive nor use the location of users and objects. The location-aware adaptive agent elicited higher levels of perceived presence and perceived adaptivity. Furthermore, performance was less influenced by task difficulty when users interacted with the adaptive agent. Such results can be useful for the design of future location-aware virtual agents.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1943403.1943475
IUI
Keywords
Field
DocType
location-aware virtual character,task difficulty,virtual character,spatial behavior,location-aware ambient environment,adaptive agent,future location-aware virtual agent,search task,smart room,location-aware adaptive agent,interactive virtual character,location-aware virtual agent
Virtual agent,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Adaptive agents,Location aware,Multimedia,Perception,Spatial behavior,Smart rooms
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.41
14
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ning Tan1916.88
Gaëtan Pruvost2203.14
Matthieu Courgeon318113.65
Céline Clavel410014.65
Yacine Bellik513220.30
Jean-Claude Martin680778.44