Human-Computer Interaction with Virtual Social Groups

这个项目研究人类与虚拟人物的互动，形成一个虚拟的社会群体。它使用了加州理工学院现有的虚拟社会模型，作为虚拟人类社交互动的图形显示。一个界面，包括使用计算机视觉识别用户的手势和目光，允许用户参与。这项研究使用了一个简化的社会情境，它来源于一个生存世界，在这个世界中，一个社会群体通过维持他们的社会组织、明确的社会互动、合作建造住所、探索寻找木材和水果以及狩猎动物来生存。研究结果将为诸如是否会发生群体体验、是否可以创建可信的虚拟社会群体、哪些社会互动会导致角色的可信度等问题提供答案。潜在的商业应用包括实现一个可用的虚拟社会群体，从中可以为电影、互动游戏、教育环境和商业信息环境开发动画。未来的计算机使用将需要用户的持续互动和参与。社会支持的虚拟设置，允许用户实现他们的最好，承诺一个新时代的电脑使用。http://www.vision.caltech.edu/bond

This project studies human interaction with virtual human characters, forming a virtual social group. It uses an existing virtual society model at Caltech, experienced as a graphical display of virtual humans which interact socially. An interface, including recognition of the user's gestures and eye gaze using computer vision, allows a user to participate. The research uses simplified social situations derived from a survival world where a social group of people survive by maintaining their social organization, by explicit social interaction, and by cooperatively building dwellings, exploring to find wood and fruits, and by hunting animals. The results will provide answers to questions such as whether a group experience occurs, whether a believable virtual social group can be created, and which social interactions lead to believability of characters. Potential commercial applications include the implementation of a usable virtual social group, from which may be developed animations for movies, interactive games, educational settings and business information settings. Future computer use will require extended continuous interaction and involvement by the user. Socially supportive virtual settings, allowing users to achieve their best, promise a new era of computer use. http://www.vision.caltech.edu/bond