What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans

Mubbasir Kapadia; Alexander Shoulson; Cory D. Boatright; Pengfei Huang; Funda Durupinar; Norman I. Badler

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34710-8_16

What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans

Mubbasir Kapadia
, Alexander Shoulson
, Cory D. Boatright
, Pengfei Huang
, Funda Durupinar
, Norman I. Badler

Computer Science

University of Pennsylvania

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper identifies several key limitations in the representation, control, locomotion, and authoring of autonomous virtual humans that must be addressed to enter the new age of interactive virtual world applications. These limitations include simplified particle representations of agents which decouples control and locomotion, the lack of multi-modal perception in virtual environments, the need for multiple levels of control granularity, homogeneity in character animation, and monolithic agent architectures which cannot scale to complex multi-agent interactions and global narrative constraints. We present this broad perspective with the objective of providing the stimulus for an exciting new era of virtual human research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Motion in Games - 5th International Conference, MIG 2012, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	170-181
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	9783642347092
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34710-8_16
State	Published - 2012
Event	5th International Conference on Motion in Games, MIG 2012 - Rennes, France Duration: Nov 15 2012 → Nov 17 2012

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7660 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Motion in Games, MIG 2012
Country/Territory	France
City	Rennes
Period	11/15/12 → 11/17/12

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Kapadia, M., Shoulson, A., Boatright, C. D., Huang, P., Durupinar, F., & Badler, N. I. (2012). What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans. In Motion in Games - 5th International Conference, MIG 2012, Proceedings (pp. 170-181). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7660 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34710-8_16

What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans. / Kapadia, Mubbasir; Shoulson, Alexander; Boatright, Cory D. et al.
Motion in Games - 5th International Conference, MIG 2012, Proceedings. Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 170-181 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7660 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kapadia, M, Shoulson, A, Boatright, CD, Huang, P, Durupinar, F & Badler, NI 2012, What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans. in Motion in Games - 5th International Conference, MIG 2012, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7660 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 170-181, 5th International Conference on Motion in Games, MIG 2012, Rennes, France, 11/15/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34710-8_16

Kapadia M, Shoulson A, Boatright CD, Huang P, Durupinar F, Badler NI. What's next? the new era of autonomous virtual humans. In Motion in Games - 5th International Conference, MIG 2012, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2012. p. 170-181. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-34710-8_16

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