IVA 2006: Intelligent Virtual Agents pp 181-192 | Cite as
Gesture Expressivity Modulations in an ECA Application
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a study of co-verbal gesture properties that could enhance the animation of an Embodied Conversational Agent and their communicative performances. This work is based on the analysis of gesture expressivity over time that we have study from a corpus of 2D animations. First results point out two types of modulations in gesture expressivity that are evaluated on their communicative performances. A model of these modulations is proposed.
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Non-verbal and expressive behaviours annotation evaluation methodologies 2D and 3D animationsPreview
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