FearNot! demo: A virtual environment with synthetic characters to help bullying

Marco Vala; Pedro Sequeira; Ana Paiva; Ruth Aylett

doi:10.1145/1329125.1329452

FearNot! demo: A virtual environment with synthetic characters to help bullying

Marco Vala, Pedro Sequeira, Ana Paiva, Ruth Aylett

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Abstract

This demo features FearNot!, a school-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) populated by synthetic characters representing the various actors in a bullying scenario. FearNot! uses emergent narrative to create improvised dramas with those characters. The goal is to enable children to explore bullying issues, and coping strategies, interacting with characters to which they become affectively engaged. Through their appearance, behaviours and affect, these characters are able to trigger empathic relations with the user. FearNot! is used for Personal and Health Social Education (PHSE) for children aged 8 - 12, in the UK, Portugal and Germany. © 2007 IFAAMAS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AAMAS'07 - Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Pages	1381-1382
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1329125.1329452
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 14 May 2008 → 18 May 2008

Conference

Conference	6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Abbreviated title	AAMAS'07
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu, HI
Period	14/05/08 → 18/05/08

Keywords

Bullying
Emergent narrative
Empathic characters

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Vala, M, Sequeira, P, Paiva, A & Aylett, R 2007, FearNot! demo: A virtual environment with synthetic characters to help bullying. in AAMAS'07 - Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. pp. 1381-1382, 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Honolulu, HI, United States, 14/05/08. https://doi.org/10.1145/1329125.1329452

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