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sehr geehrter Herr,
wir freuen uns, auf ein Buch hinweisen zu koennen, das soeben im
Verlag Lawrence Erlbaum Associates erschienen ist,
von WissenschafterInnen des OeFAI herausgegeben wurde,
und das moeglicherweise fuer Sie von Interesse ist:
AGENT CULTURE
Human-Agent Interaction in a Multicultural World
Edited by Sabine Payr and Robert Trappl
Aus dem Vorwort:
Computer animation and -simulation have been making such
rapid progress during the last years that we are facing an
increasing number of computer-generated, realistic, and
believable actors in different roles and in different media, e.g.
in computer games and even in movies.
While scientific research and technical development have
been focusing mainly on the (individual) personality of
synthetic actors, we investigated the role of the synthetic being
as part of a heterogeneous society of real and virtual persons.
We furthermore tried to investigate in which cultural context synthetic
actors are developed and used. They can be developed as being
"as universal as possible", as expressing a specific culture, this
being an ethnic or a national culture or a sub-culture, or as a
means for better understanding another culture. Therefore, also
modelling non-verbal communication, especially by mimics, by
gestures, and by postures, plays a major role. Ignoring these
culture-dependencies can lead to a breakdown in (intercultural)
communication.
The twelve projects presented are grouped under "Culture(s)
and Agent Technology", "Design for Cross-Cultural Believability"
and "Agents for Intercultural Communication". The book is not
only of relevance for researchers and developers but also for
everyone interested in the psychological, social and cultural
aspects of this fascinating new technology.
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Mit herzlichen Gruessen und den besten Wuenschen fuer ein
erfolgreiches und glueckliches Jahr 2005,
OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT
FUER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
o.Univ.-Prof. Ing. Dr. Robert Trappl