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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Avatar.

  1. 1. Bringing the avatar to life : Studies and developments in facial communication for virtual agents and robots

    Författare :Samer Al Moubayed; Jonas Beskow; Stefan Kopp; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Avatar; Speech Communication; Facial animation; Nonverbal; Social; Robot; Human-like; Face-to-face; Prosody; Pitch; Prominence; Furhat; Gaze; Head-pose; Dialogue; Interaction; Multimodal; Multiparty; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

    Sammanfattning : The work presented in this thesis comes in pursuit of the ultimate goal of building spoken and embodied human-like interfaces that are able to interact with humans under human terms. Such interfaces need to employ the subtle, rich and multidimensional signals of communicative and social value that complement the stream of words – signals humans typically use when interacting with each other. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Reconsidering the avatar : From user mirror to interaction locus

    Författare :Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro; Yngve Sundblad; Wolfgang Prinz; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; virtual environments; computer-supported collaborative work; user representation; human-computer interaction;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with shared virtual environmentsfor collaborative work. An important aspect of shared virtualenvironments is the avatar, the representation of the user inthe virtual world. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Self Services and Disservices : Improving Avatars with Co-Design

    Författare :Håkan Alm; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Co-Design; Avatar; e-Services; Self Service Technologies; Informatik;

    Sammanfattning : Corporations and government agencies that use Avatars claim there are substantial benefits for using them in their respective organizations; including 24/7 service availability, quick answers without a phone queue, and improved consistency in the responses provided. “There are also potential cost savings by having an Avatar answering questions compared to using personnel” (Lind and Salomonson, 2006). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Människoliknande teknik och det möjligt mänskliga : En etnologisk studie av relationer mellan människor och teknik

    Författare :Johan Hallqvist; Bo Nilsson; Katarzyna Wolanik Boström; Jenny Gunnarsson Payne; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; humanisation; human-likeness; digital health technology; avatar; robot; science fiction; embodiment; patient; health care; professionalism; medical humanities; gender; Real Humans; förmänskligande; människolikhet; digital hälsoteknik; avatar; robot; science fiction; förkroppsligande; patient; hälso- och sjukvård; professionalism; medicinsk humaniora; genus; Äkta människor; Ethnology; etnologi; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : Denna avhandling knyter an till den klassiska kulturvetenskapliga frågan om hur vi förstår vad det innebär att vara människa. Specifikt undersöks hur människor i samtiden aktivt utforskar och förhåller sig till den ökande kontaktytan i vardagsliv och arbetsliv mellan människor och människoliknande teknik, dvs. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Avatar : saving lives in virtual worlds

    Författare :Johan Creutzfeldt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : In medicine, education and recurrent training is fundamental for efficient and safe care. In emergency situations one has to rely on robust protocols that reduce the risk for errors. LÄS MER