Socially interactive agents (SIAs) are no longer mere visions for future user interfaces, as 20 years of research and technology development has enabled the use of virtual and physical agents in day-to-day interfaces and environments. This chapter of the ACM "The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents" reviews research on and technologies involving socially interactive agents, including virtually embodied agents and physically embodied robots, focusing particularly on the appearance of socially interactive agents. It covers the history of the development of these technologies; outlines the design space for the appearance of agents, including what appearance comprises, modalities in which agents are presented, and how agents are constructed; and the features that agents use to support social interaction, including facial and bodily features, those that express demographic characteristics, and issues surrounding realism, appeal, and the uncanny valley. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of open questions surrounding the appearance of socially interactive agents.
翻译:社会互动代理人(SIAs)不再只是未来用户界面的愿景,因为20年的研究和技术开发使虚拟和物理代理人得以在日常界面和环境中使用,ACM“社会互动代理人手册”本章审查了涉及社会互动代理人(包括虚拟装饰代理人和体格装饰机器人)的研究和技术,特别侧重于社会互动代理人的外观,介绍了这些技术发展的历史;概述了代理物外观的设计空间,包括外观内容、展示代理物的方式以及代理物的构造;以及代理物支持社会互动的特征,包括面部和身体特征、表达人口特征的特征以及围绕现实主义、呼吁和隐形山谷的问题。该章最后简要讨论了围绕社会互动代理人外观的开放问题。