Virtual Humans in the Mission Rehearsal Exercise System

Abstract

How can simulation be made more compelling and effective as a tool for learning? This is the question that the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) set out to answer when it was formed at the University of Southern California in 1999, to serve as a nexus between the simulation and entertainment communities. The ultimate goal of the ICT is to create the Experience Learning System (ELS), which will advance the state of the art in virtual reality immersion through use of high-resolution graphics, immersive audio, virtual humans and story-based scenarios. Once fully realized, ELS will make it possible for participants to enter places in time and space where they can interact with believable characters capable of conversation and action, and where they can observe and participate in events that are accessible only through simulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
AD1171592

Entities

People

  • David R Traum
  • Jeff Rickel
  • Jonathan Gratch
  • Randall W. Jr Hill
  • Stacy C. Marsella
  • William Swartout

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Autonomous Agents
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Expressed Emotion
  • Graphics
  • Human Behavior
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Languages
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.

Technology Areas

  • Space