Justine Cassell, director of the Center for Technology and Social Behavior of Northwestern University, is the developer of the "Embodied Conversational Agent", a virtual human designed to interact children with autism. Her work was highlighted in a recent article in the technology & science section of the MSNBC website:
The ArticuLab, Northwestern Univ
"A “virtual child” is a cartoon about the size of an 8-year-old with whom kids can learn
and play on the floor with toys via a plasma screen projection."
"A “virtual child” is a cartoon about the size of an 8-year-old with whom kids can learn
and play on the floor with toys via a plasma screen projection."
"Virtual characters and digital tutors are helping children and adults develop advanced social and language skills that can be tough to learn via conventional approaches"
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Eve: An Understanding Virtual Teacher
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