From Synthetic Characters to Virtual Actors
Sandy Louchart, Ruth S. Aylett · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment · 2007
We discuss the extension of an emotionally-driven agent architecture already applied to the creation of emergent narratives. Synthetic characters are enhanced to perform as actors by carrying out a second cognitive appraisal, based on the OCC model, of the emotional impact of their projected actions before execution.