Teaching communication skills with virtual humans

At the University of Florida, our research team has worked on applying virtual humans as partners in interpersonal communication scenarios. Our goal is to teach communication skills using virtual humans (VHs). The simulation of an interaction between people to facilitate teaching, training, and testing of communication skills would be a powerful new VR application. Our approach is to employ natural methods of interaction with the VH. We are striving to create an experience similar to two (and eventually more) people talking