Scope of IVA'03
Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are
autonomous, graphically embodied agents in an interactive, 2D or 3D virtual
environment. They are able to interact intelligently with the environment, other IVAs,
and especially with human users. Previous IVA workshops brought together
people studying computer graphics, animation and virtual environments on the one hand, and
on the other hand people working in AI, and A-life.
Since the first IVA back in 1999 firm lines
of research have been established but there is much that the graphics and AI communities have to learn from
each other. Moreover, the domain of Intelligent Virtual Agents has
become much more diverse and now encompasses a wide
range of disciplines including in particular psychology (emotion modelling, non-verbal
communication), sociology (modelling human / IVA societies), HCI (intelligent user interfaces,
gesture/body tracking interfaces), design and arts (e.g., interactive installations with IVAs), and all kinds of
application fields. While initial research often focused on the use of IVAs in virtual
environments, they are now increasingly used across many media such as
the web, wireless devices and interactive television. IVAs
can provide appealing characters for games and entertainment. They can be
novel user interfaces for software or guides in factual and e-commerce web
sites. Some see them as the key to engaging educational software or as an
exciting new way for us to communicate with each other on the web. The rapid
advances in the field have enabled it to be applied in practice to these
areas both in research and industrial contexts.
The target audience for IVA'03 includes
people from multiple disciplines, coming from academia or industry with an interest in the
design, implementation, and evaluation of IVAs and IVA applications.
We aim for a lively programme of timely, high-quality presentations and demonstrations
to discuss the state of the art and future of Intelligent Virtual
Agents. If you wish to contribute to the programme check out:
