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Avatar / Agent

[1995] 108. Network Neuro-Baby with Handshake

Musashino Art University

Cross-cultural communications avatar with live link between Tokyo and Los Angeles.

[1996] 145. Riverworld

Virtuality Technology Inc.

Avatar-based meeting place in a Louisiana paddle-steamer virtual environment.

[1996] 150. Spirits of the Bayou

NYU Media Research Lab

Virtual environment where human-directed avatars and computer-controlled agents interact in real time.

[1996] 154. Traveler

Onlive!

Avatar-based virtual community interface through the World Wide Web.

[1996] 156. Virtual Kabuki System

ATR Communication Systems Research Laboratories

Real-time facial animation system for virtual Kabuki actors.

[1997] 195. Multiple Identities MAP

Parsons School of Design

Avatar-driven interactive digital map of New York City.

[1997] 202. Talking Head

"The Virtual Company"

Prototype physical avatar interface for video conferencing.

[1997] 203. Toco the Toucan: A Synthetic Character Guided by Perception, Emotion, and Story

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Interactive, story-influenced synthetic life form with autonomous emotional states.

[1997] 211. WonderSpace: Interactive 3D Animation Browser

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd

Avatar-driven interactive virtual environments.

[1998] 228. Virtual Head

Echtzeit GmbH

Prototype physical avatar interface for video conferencing.

[2000] 272. Muu: Artificial Creatures as an Embodied Interface

ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories

Artificial creatures designed to create social bonding with humans.

[2000] 280. VaRionettes

Lucent Bell Laboratories

Interactive avatar-driven installation with gesture-recognition interface.

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