Interactive online characters
- Interactive online characters
Interactive online characters, also called interactive characters or automated characters are characters that enhance human-computer interaction by simulating real-world conversations and experience. Interaction models can be constructed that guide conversations in planned directions or that allow characters to guide natural language exchanges.
Benefits
Due to the fact that such characters can express social roles and emotions of real people, they can increase the trustthat users place in online experiences. The level of interactiveness increases the perceived realism and effectiveness of such "actors", which translates into more prosperous on-line services and commerce. [cite web |url=http://noahx.com/resources/CSLI_Stanford_Study.pdf |title=The Benefits of Interactive Online Characters |publisher=Byron Reeves, Stanford University] ]Example application
One example result from a recent study indicates the power of a character whenmoderating search inquiries. When a character asked people to type search requests intoa window, people used, on average, three more words in their requests (averaging about 7words per inquiry) compared to identical requests made without a character. Charactersuggest that a conversational style is appropriate, resulting in higher liking for theinteraction on the part of the user, and better accuracy for the engine generating therequired results. [cite web |url=http://noahx.com/resources/CSLI_Stanford_Study.pdf |title=The Benefits of Interactive Online Characters |publisher=Byron Reeves, Stanford University] ]ee also
* Chatterbot
* Avatar (computing)
* Computer facial animation
* Cyberformance
* Emerging Virtual Institutions
* Simulated reality
* Social simulation
* Virtual reality
* Web 3.0
Notes and references
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Interactive fiction — Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as… … Wikipedia
Automated online assistant — An example of an automated online assistant, apparently having a text based dialog system and a humanoid avatar. An automated online assistant is a program that uses artificial intelligence to provide customer service or other assistance on a… … Wikipedia
Interactive cinema — tries to give the audience an active role in the showing of movies. The movie Kinoautomat by Czechoslovakian director Raduz Cincera presented in the Czech Pavilion in Expo 67 in Montreal is considered to be the first cinema like interactive movie … Wikipedia
Online ethnography — refers to a number of related online research methods that adapt ethnographic methods to the study of the communities and cultures created through computer mediated social interaction. As modifications of the term ethnography, online ethnography… … Wikipedia
Interactive video — The term interactive video usually refers to a technique used to blend interaction and linear film or video. Interactive video on broadbandSince 2005, interactive video has increased online as the result a number of factors including: * the rise… … Wikipedia
Characters of Kingdom Hearts — A piece of promotional artwork for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ that showcases the main characters of the series; Sora appears twice in the center in two different outfit … Wikipedia
Characters of Holby City — The Holby City hospital set, at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. Holby City is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal You … Wikipedia
Interactive novel — The interactive novel is a form of online fiction. While authors of traditional paper and ink novels have sometimes tried to give readers the random directionality offered by true hypertexting, this approach was not completely feasible until the… … Wikipedia
Interactive storytelling — See also interactive fiction for other forms. Interactive storytelling is a developing kind of computer entertainment. The term was coined by Chris Crawford, a main proponent and developer. He defines interactive storytelling as, a form of… … Wikipedia
Online wedding — Something most often seen in massively multiplayer online role playing games, online weddings date all the way back to the beginning of online communities and early online games such as MUDs.[1] Two people who wish their avatars, or characters,… … Wikipedia
