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| author | Ali, Ghazanfar Le, Hong-Quan Kim, Junho Hwang, Seoung-won Hwang, Jae-In |
| author_facet | Ali, Ghazanfar Le, Hong-Quan Kim, Junho Hwang, Seoung-won Hwang, Jae-In |
| contents | In this paper, we present the design of a multimodal interaction framework for intelligent virtual agents in wearable mixed reality environments, especially for interactive applications at museums, botanical gardens, and similar places. These places need engaging and no-repetitive digital content delivery to maximize user involvement. An intelligent virtual agent is a promising mode for both purposes. Premises of framework is wearable mixed reality provided by MR devices supporting spatial mapping. We envisioned a seamless interaction framework by integrating potential features of spatial mapping, virtual character animations, speech recognition, gazing, domain-specific chatbot and object recognition to enhance virtual experiences and communication between users and virtual agents. By applying a modular approach and deploying computationally intensive modules on cloud-platform, we achieved a seamless virtual experience in a device with limited resources. Human-like gaze and speech interaction with a virtual agent made it more interactive. Automated mapping of body animations with the content of a speech made it more engaging. In our tests, the virtual agents responded within 2-4 seconds after the user query. The strength of the framework is flexibility and adaptability. It can be adapted to any wearable MR device supporting spatial mapping. |
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| spellingShingle | Design of Seamless Multi-modal Interaction Framework for Intelligent Virtual Agents in Wearable Mixed Reality Environment Ali, Ghazanfar Le, Hong-Quan Kim, Junho Hwang, Seoung-won Hwang, Jae-In Human-Computer Interaction In this paper, we present the design of a multimodal interaction framework for intelligent virtual agents in wearable mixed reality environments, especially for interactive applications at museums, botanical gardens, and similar places. These places need engaging and no-repetitive digital content delivery to maximize user involvement. An intelligent virtual agent is a promising mode for both purposes. Premises of framework is wearable mixed reality provided by MR devices supporting spatial mapping. We envisioned a seamless interaction framework by integrating potential features of spatial mapping, virtual character animations, speech recognition, gazing, domain-specific chatbot and object recognition to enhance virtual experiences and communication between users and virtual agents. By applying a modular approach and deploying computationally intensive modules on cloud-platform, we achieved a seamless virtual experience in a device with limited resources. Human-like gaze and speech interaction with a virtual agent made it more interactive. Automated mapping of body animations with the content of a speech made it more engaging. In our tests, the virtual agents responded within 2-4 seconds after the user query. The strength of the framework is flexibility and adaptability. It can be adapted to any wearable MR device supporting spatial mapping. |
| title | Design of Seamless Multi-modal Interaction Framework for Intelligent Virtual Agents in Wearable Mixed Reality Environment |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19334 |