Xface open source project and smil-agent scripting language for creating and animating embodied conversational agents
Koray Balcı, Elena Not, Massimo Zancanaro, Fabio Pianesi · 2007
Xface is a set of open source tools for creation of embodied conversational agents (ECAs) using MPEG4 and keyframe based rendering driven by SMIL-Agent scripting language. Xface Toolkit, coupled with SMIL-Agent scripting serves as a full 3D facial animation authoring package. Xface project is initiated by Cognitive and Communication Technologies (TCC) division of FBK-irst (formerly ITC-irst). The toolkit is written in ANSI C++, and is open source and platform independent.