Essays about: "embodied"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 329 essays containing the word embodied.

  1. 1. Improving active listening behaviours of embodied conversational agents (ECA) from a UX perspective

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Bharat Narayanan; [2022]
    Keywords : Embodied Conversational Avatar; Virtual Humans; User Experience; Active Listening Behaviour; Characteristics; Expressions.;

    Abstract : Active listening is a communication technique where the listener listens to the speaker carefully and attentively by confirming or asking for more details about what they heard during a conversation. Active listening has proven to be a very useful technique in learning and extracting insightful information from the conversation and poses many challenges when emulating such behaviours in a virtual character. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluating Generated Co-Speech Gestures of Embodied Conversational Agent(ECA) through Real-Time Interaction

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Yuan He; [2022]
    Keywords : Embodied Conversational Agent ECA ; User Study; Evaluation Instrument; Gesture Generation; Gaze-tracking; Förkroppsligad konversationsagent ECA ; Användarstudie; Utvärderingsinstrument; Generering av gester; Spårning av blickar;

    Abstract : Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)’ gestures can enhance human perception in many dimensions during interactions. In recent years, data-driven gesture generation approaches for ECAs have attracted considerable research attention and effort, and methods have been continuously optimized. READ MORE

  4. 3. Embodied Avatars in Cinematic Virtual Reality : Effects on Presence, Social Presence, and Spatial Referencing.

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Alfred Berg; [2022]
    Keywords : Cinematic virtual reality; embodied avatars; social presence; presence; nonverbal social cues; head-mounted displays.;

    Abstract : The increasing availability of modern head-mounted displays have spurred interest in social virtual reality (VR) applications, but their immersion-inducing features limit the use of important nonverbal social cues in multiuser contexts. Embodied avatars have proven useful in increasing the social affordances of real-time rendered VR applications but remain underexplored in cinematic virtual reality (CVR). READ MORE

  5. 4. Solidarity in decolonization : Indigenous-Environmentalist alliance and the struggle against clearcutting in Sápmi

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Helena Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sápmi; solidarity; decolonization; clearcutting; internal colonialism; post-colonialism; knowledge-practices; environmentalism; social movements;

    Abstract : This study concerns the alliance against clearcutting that has been formed between the Swedish environmental movement and the Sami movement. Earlier studies on environmentalist/Indigenous alliances have found that such cooperation often has been formed through reproductions of a colonial political relationship, perpetuating Indigenous peoples' structural marginality. READ MORE

  6. 5. Med kroppen som verktyg : en undersökning av människans förståelse av landskapet

    University essay from SLU/Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Maria Sofia Radeborg; [2022]
    Keywords : förkroppsligad kunskap; subjektivt erfarande; subjektiva upplevelser; kroppsliga förnimmelser; sinnesintryck; lärandeprocesser; kunskapssyn; kunskapstradition; meditation; platsmeditation; närvaro; inventeringsmetod;

    Abstract : I mitt arbete har jag undersökt förkroppsligad kunskap. Jag har utforskat kopplingen mellan kunskap och kropp samt på vilket sätt subjektivt erfarande kan vara värdefullt vid kunskapsinhämtning- och förståelse kring landskapet. READ MORE