| C. Peters, S. Asteriadis, K. Karpouzis, E. de Sevin |
| Towards a real-time gaze-based Shared Attention for a virtual agent |
| International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI), Workshop on Affective Interaction in Natural Environments (AFFINE), Chania, Crete, October 2008. |
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ABSTRACT
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| This paper investigates work towards a real-time user interface for testing shared-attention behaviours with an embodied conversational agent. In two-party conversations, shared attention, and related aspects such as interest and engagement, are critical factors in gaining feedback from the other party and allowing an awareness of the general state of the interaction. Taking input from a single standard webcamera, our preliminary system is capable of processing the users eye and head directions in real-time. We are using this detection capability to inform the interaction behaviours of the agent and enable it to engage in simple shared attention behaviours with the user and objects within the scene in order to study in more depth some critical factors underpinning engagement.
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| 24 October , 2008 |
| C. Peters, S. Asteriadis, K. Karpouzis, E. de Sevin, "Towards a real-time gaze-based Shared Attention for a virtual agent", International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI), Workshop on Affective Interaction in Natural Environments (AFFINE), Chania, Crete, October 2008. |
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