The semblance of truth: the development of dialogue in computer-based characters

Title: The semblance of truth: the development of dialogue in computer-based characters
Creator: Meany, Michael M.
Relation: The International Journal of the Arts in Society Vol. 1, Issue 2, p. 33-40
Relation: http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.45
Publisher: Common Ground
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2006
Description: Using a play written by the author as a case study this paper examines the development of computer characters in a theatrical production. In particular, it examines the use of interaction, audio and visual interfaces, and variation in prosody to generate 'a semblance of truth' that Coleridge argued is a requirement of the 'willing suspension of disbelief'. Further, the paper argues, following the logic of the "Media Equation" by Reeves and Nass, that it is belief, not disbelief, that is automatic. From this stand point, the paper argues that an audience would accept computer characters in the same manner as they would accept human characters.
Subject: theatrical production; computer-based characters; audio interfaces; visual interfaces; interaction design; narrative design
Identifier: uon:927
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26559
Identifier: ISSN:1833-1866
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