Virtual influencers, digitally-created characters with realistic human-like appearances, have
emerged as a distinctive type of virtual humans prominently featured in various virtual …

The use of embodied conversational agents in mental health has increased in the last years.
Several studies exist describing the benefits and advantages of this technology as a …

Creating believable virtual agents has long been the focus of artists and scientists. A
believable agent enables the audience to be emotionally involved in a narrative, willingly …

Populating virtual worlds with computer controlled characters is a key issue in virtual
heritage applications, an argument that can also be held as valid for the majority of virtual …

Abstract Background and Objectives Recent guidelines point to lifestyle as a tool for
decreasing Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. To address the limited practice and availability of …

Simulating human behavior in virtual environments is still a challenge. Yet, this feature is
crucial to make them more believable. Therefore, many approaches have been proposed in …

Training machine learning models to identify human behavior is a difficult yet essential task
to develop autonomous and adaptive systems such as smart homes. These models require …

Background Widespread lifestyle risk reduction at the community level is considered
effective in decreasing Alzheimer's disease (AD). To address the limited use of risk …

Most Virtual Reality1 (VR) applications are dedicated to providing a realistic response to
users. Prior works have argued that the importance of credibility or believability to evoke …

Simulating human behavior through virtual agents is a key feature to improve the credibility
of virtual environments (VE). For many use cases, such as daily activities data generation …