From: Eldark Subject: Re: MISC: Disclosure's Angel Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 18:56:17 GMT Organization: The MIT Media Lab From: Eldark > aq251@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Jason Cobill)wrote: > > Has there been development on any sort of "VR Companion" akin > to the Angel in Michael Chrichton's Disclosure? Here at the Media Lab we are working on various kinds of graphically represented agents. The one that comes closest to a human in terms of reactive behaviour in a conversation is Gandalf, created by Kris Thorisson. You might want to check out our groups homepage: http://gn.www.media.mit.edu/groups/gn Best regards, - Hannes +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Hannes Hogni Vilhjalmsson - Graduate Research Assistant @ The MIT Media Lab | >--Learning and Common Sense Division - Gesture and Narrative Language Group--< | 20 Ames St., E15-320R, Cambridge MA 02139 Tel:617 253 7211 Fax:617 253 6215 | | Home: 32 Bristol Street, Appartment 3, Cambridge MA 02141 Tel: 617 547 0189 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | E-Mail: hannes@media.mit.edu WWW: http://www.media.mit.edu/ IRCNick: Eldark | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | i m a g i n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n e e d I s a y m o r e ? | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+