Universität
Bielefeld
- Technische
Fakultät
- AG
Wissensbasierte Systeme
Kopp,
S., Krenn, B., Marsella, S., Marshall, A., Pelachaud, C., Pirker, H.,
Thorisson, K., & Vilhjalmsson, H. (2006)
Towards a Common Framework for Multimodal Generation in ECAs: Behavior
Markup Language
In J. Gratch et al. (Eds.), Intelligent Virtual Agents 2006,
LNAI 4133 (pp. 205-217).
Berlin: Springer.
Abstract:
This paper describes an international effort to unify a
multimodal behavior generation framework for Embodied Conversational Agents
(ECAs). We propose a three stage model we call SAIBA where the stages
represent intent planning, behavior planning and behavior realization.
A Function Markup Language (FML), describing intent without referring
to physical behavior, mediates between the first two stages and a
Behavior Markup Language (BML) describing desired physical realization,
mediates between the last two stages. In this paper we will focus on
BML. The hope is that this abstraction and modularization will help ECA
researchers pool their resources to build more sophisticated virtual
humans.