The NECA Project: Net Environments for Embodied Emotional Conversational Agents
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While in the first project year the core techniques, programs and resources to enable the generation of animated conversation in web-based applications have been developed and implemented, the second project year is dedicated to the refinement of the system modules and the enhancement of the functionality of the demonstrators, with a focus on affective reasoning, and verbal and nonverbal expression of personality and affect in a situation-specific and socio-culturally mediated way.
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The NECA Project: Net Environments for Embodied Emotional Conversational Agents - Project Note
While in the first project year the core techniques, programs and resources to enable the generation of animated conversation in web-based applications have been developed and implemented, the second project year is dedicated to the refinement of the system modules and the enhancement of the functionality of the demonstrators, with a focus on affective reasoning, and verbal and nonverbal realiz...
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