DocumentCode
3028554
Title
Virtual game show host — Dr. Chestr
Author
Sakpal, Raghavi ; Wilson, Dale-Marie
Author_Institution
Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
19-23 March 2011
Firstpage
237
Lastpage
238
Abstract
This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of an interactive virtual human Dr. Chestr: Computerized Host Encouraging Students to Review. Game show hosts exert a unique personality that becomes the trademark of their respective game shows. Our aim is to create virtual humans that can interact naturally and spontaneously using speech, emotions and gesture. Dr. Chestr is our virtual game show host that exhibits a personality designed to increase user engagement. Dr. Chestr is designed to test users with questions about the C++ programming language and allows the user to communicate using the most natural form of interaction, speech. We present the architecture and user evaluations of the Dr. Chestr Game Show.
Keywords
C++ language; computer aided instruction; computer games; virtual reality; C++ programming language; computerized host; interactive virtual human Dr. Chestr; user evaluations; virtual game show host; Games; Humans; Multiagent systems; Programming profession; Speech;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Virtual Reality Conference (VR), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Singapore
ISSN
1087-8270
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0039-2
Electronic_ISBN
1087-8270
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VR.2011.5759486
Filename
5759486
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