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The virtual human as a multimodal interface
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Proceedings of the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces table of contents
Palermo, Italy
Pages: 14 - 20  
Year of Publication: 2000
ISBN:1-58113-252-2
Author
Daniel Thalmann  Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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University of L'Aquila : University of L'Aquila
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
SIGMULTIMEDIA: ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia
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ACM Press   New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

This paper discusses the main issues for creating Interactive Virtual Environments with Virtual Humans emphasizing the following aspects: creation of Virtual Humans, gestures, interaction with objects, multimodal communication.


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Collaborative Colleagues:
Daniel Thalmann:
Tolga Abaci
Marlene Arevalo-Poizat
Amaury Aubel
Pascal Bécheiraz
Christian Babski
Francis Balaguer
Jean-Francis Balaguer
Selim Balcisoy
Srikanth Bandi
Uwe Berner
Laurent Bezault
Rachel de Bondeli
Ronan Boulic
Ján Cíger
Angela Caicedo
Tolga Capin
Tolga K. Capin
Michael Capps
Michel Carignan
Marc Cavazza
Eric Chauvineau
Jiannan Chen
Nicholas Chilton
Pablo de Heras Ciechomski
Jan Ciger
Mireille Clavien
Toni Conde
Toni Conde
Rae Earnshaw
Luc Emering
Fatih Erol
Joaquim Esmerado
Etienne de Sevin
Nathalie Farenc
Steve Feiner
Steven Feiner
Steven K. Feiner
Albert Ferrando
Pascal Fua
Fabien Garat
Pascal Glardon
Enrico Gobbetti
Luiz M. G. Gonçalves
Luiz M. G. Gonçalves
Mario Gutiérrez
Mario Gutiérrez
Mario Gutierrez
Anthony Guye-Vuillème
Anthony Guye-Vuillème
Anthony Guye-Vuilléme
Bruno Herbelin
Zhiyong Huang
Shen Jianhua
Chris Joslin
Maja Jovovic
Marcelo Kallmann
Prem Kalra
Kaveh Kamyab
Sumedha Kshirsagar
Jean-Paul Laumond
Patrick Lemoine
Vincent Lepetit
Ik Soo Lim
Jonathan Maïm
Michael Macedonia
Nadia Magnenat
Thalmann Nadia Magnenat
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
Ebrahim Mamdani
Ramon Mas
Ramon Mas-Sanso
Keith McCurdy
Laurent Moccozet
Tom Molet
Jean-Sébastien Monzani
Jean-Sébastien Monzani
Juzar Motiwalla
Jean-Claude Moussaly
Soraia R. Musse
Soraia Raupp Musse
Soraja Raupp Musse
Hansrudi Noser
Stéphanie Noverraz
Brian O'Kennedy
Yoshihiro Okada
Renaud Ott
Ian Palmer
Igor Pandzic
Igor Sunday Pandzic
Igor-Sunday Pandzic
George Papagiannakis
Julien Pettré
Ralf Plänkers
Michal Ponder
Olivier Renault
Serge Rezzonico
Gael Sannier
Sébastien Schertenleib
Sebastien Schertenleib
Sebastien Schertenlieb
Elsa Schweiss
Hyewon Seo
Etienne de Sevin
Jianhua Shen
Kenro Shinpo
Frederic Sidler
Marius-Calin Silaghi
Gurminder Singh
Christian Stern
Andrew Stoddart
Peter Stucki
Yuzuru Tanaka
Zesheng Tang
Demetri Terzopoulos
Nadia M. Thalman
Nadia Thalmann
Nadia Magnanat Thalmann
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann
Nadia Thalmann-Magnenat
Remy Torre
Russell Turner
Branislav Ulicny
Luca Vacchetti
Frédéric Vexo
Frédéric Vexo
Frederic Vexo
Pascal Volino
Hans M. Werner
Yi Wu
Yin Wu
Ying Yang
Barbara Yersin
Etienne de Sevin

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