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Can we trust online crowdworkers? Comparing online and offline participants in a preference test of virtual agents
Patrik Jonell, Taras Kucherenko, Ilaria Torre +1
Conducting user studies is a crucial component in many scientific fields. While some studies require participants to be physically present, other studies can be conducted both phys…
Moving fast and slow: Analysis of representations and post-processing in speech-driven automatic gesture generation
Taras Kucherenko, Dai Hasegawa, Naoshi Kaneko +2
This paper presents a novel framework for speech-driven gesture production, applicable to virtual agents to enhance human-computer interaction. Specifically, we extend recent deep-…
Let's Face It: Probabilistic Multi-modal Interlocutor-aware Generation of Facial Gestures in Dyadic Settings
Patrik Jonell, Taras Kucherenko, Gustav Eje Henter +1
To enable more natural face-to-face interactions, conversational agents need to adapt their behavior to their interlocutors. One key aspect of this is generation of appropriate non…
Gesticulator: A framework for semantically-aware speech-driven gesture generation
Taras Kucherenko, Patrik Jonell, Sanne van Waveren +4
During speech, people spontaneously gesticulate, which plays a key role in conveying information. Similarly, realistic co-speech gestures are crucial to enable natural and smooth i…