ACE: A Platform for the Real Time Simulation of Virtual Human Agents

Virtual humans simulations are becoming each time more popular. Nowadays many systems are available to animate virtual humans. Such systems encompass several different domains, as: autonomous agents in virtual environments, human factors analysis, training, education, virtual prototyping, simulation-based design, and entertainment. As an example, an application to train equipment usage using virtual humans is presented by Johnson et al. Among others, the Improv system is mainly controlled by behavioral scripts designed to be easily translated from a given storyboard. Also using scripts, the Motivate system is defined as a hierarchical finite state machine targeting game development. [via]

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