Creating Personalities for Synthetic Actors: Towards Autonomous Personality Agents

Progress in computer animation has gained such a speed that, before long, computer—generated human faces and figures on screen will be indistinguishable from those of real humans. The potential both for scripted films and real—time interaction with users is enormous. However, in order to cope with this potential, these faces and figures must be guided by autonomous personality agents. This carefully arranged volume presents the state of the art in research and development in making syntheti...