System and method for controlling expression characteristics of a virtual agent
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1. A method comprising:
- rendering a character to interface with at least a user; and
controlling an anatomical feature of the character based, at least in part, on a scientifically-based model of physically expressive behavior for the anatomical feature in response to interaction with the user.
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Abstract
A method is presented comprising rendering a virtual character to interface with at least a user, and controlling one or more anatomical attributes of the virtual character based, at least in part, on a scientifically-based model of physically expressive behavior for that anatomical attribute.
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1. A method comprising:
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rendering a character to interface with at least a user; and
controlling an anatomical feature of the character based, at least in part, on a scientifically-based model of physically expressive behavior for the anatomical feature in response to interaction with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system comprising:
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a user input/output system including a display device to render a virtual character; and
a modeling agent, coupled to the user I/O system, to control one or more anatomical features of a rendered virtual character based, at least in part, on a scientifically-based model of physically expressive behavior of the anatomical feature, and in response to user interaction with the rendered character. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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