Double agent—presentation and filtering agents for a digital television recording system

Double Agent explores scenarios for automated selection of television programs and their presentation via anthropomorphic interfaces. By using two kinds of agent technology in combination with an advanced video recorder we explore solutions for both attractiveness and complexity problems that systems in this entertainment domain will be confronted with. Intelligent agents select television content in the way a user would have done if he had the overview and knowledge of the programs. Real-time controlled virtual actor agents hide the system’s complexity and create the attractive and highly responsive user interface needed in this specific entertainment domain.