论文信息 - User Engagement Study with Virtual Agents Under Different Cultural Contexts

User Engagement Study with Virtual Agents Under Different Cultural Contexts

Human communication literature states that people with different culture backgrounds act differently in conversations. Currently most virtual agents are designed for a single targeted popular culture. We implemented two versions of a virtual agent targeting American and Chinese cultures. We found that users from different culture context express engagement differently.

Zhou Yu | Alexander I. Rudnicky | Alan W. Black | Xinrui He

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