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SUMMARY:HUMAN-ANIMATED CHARACTERS INTERACTION  Workshop
DESCRIPTION:***  Deadline EXTENDED to \: Friday 3rd June 2005 ***   EV
 ENT SPONSORED BY HUMAINE.  The workshop is part of HCI 2005\: The Bigg
 er Picture\, the 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference (http\://www
 .hci2005.org/).\n\nWORKSHOP THEMES\: SESSION 1\: Interaction modalitie
 s and Technology for Interaction Position papers are sought describing
  the design and evaluation of various modalities of interaction betwee
 n humans and animated characters and the related technology.\n\nSESSIO
 N 2\: Graphical Depiction of Synthetic Characters\nThis session of the
  workshop will seek submission of research papers that\nspeculate on t
 he appearance of animated characters.\n\nSESSION 3\: Personality and E
 motions\nThis session will explore how the believability of animated c
 haracters can\nbe enhanced through displaying recognisable personality
  traits\, and focus on\nwhat aspects of interaction can facilitate the
  development of emotional\nbonds.\n\nSESSION 4\: Speech and Language\n
 Position papers describing the state-of-the-art of language understand
 ing\,\ngeneration and speech of animated characters will be presented 
 in this\nsession.
LOCATION:Napier University\, Edinburgh\, UK
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