TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Seele, Sven
A1  - Haubrich, Tobias
A1  - Metzler, Tim
A1  - Herpers, Rainer
A1  - Schild, Jonas
A1  - Grzegorzek, Marcin
T1  - Integration of Multi-modal Cues in Synthetic Attention Processes to Drive Virtual Agent Behavior
T2  - Intelligent Virtual Agents. 17th International Conference, IVA 2017, Stockholm, Sweden, August 27-30, 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 10498
N2  - Simulations and serious games require realistic behavior of multiple intelligent agents in real-time. One particular issue is how attention and multi-modal sensory memory can be modeled in a natural but effective way, such that agents controllably react to salient objects or are distracted by other multi-modal cues from their current intention. We propose a conceptual framework that provides a solution with adherence to three main design goals: natural behavior, real-time performance, and controllability. As a proof of concept, we implement three major components and showcase effectiveness in a real-time game engine scenario. Within the exemplified scenario, a visual sensor is combined with static saliency probes and auditory cues. The attention model weighs bottom-up attention against intention-related top-down processing, controllable by a designer using memory and attention inhibitor parameters. We demonstrate our case and discuss future extensions.
KW  - Intelligent virtual agents
KW  - Synthetic perception
KW  - Virtual attention
SN  - 978-3-319-67400-1
SB  - 978-3-319-67400-1
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_50
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67401-8_50
SP  - 403
EP  - 412
PB  - Springer
ER  -