Stacy Marsella
 
Virtual Humans
 
 
 
 
Interactive Health Interventions
 
Interactive Pedagogical Dramas are compelling interactive stories that have didactic purpose. Autonomous agents realize the characters in the drama, which unfolds based on user interaction.
 
Below are
 
Emotion and Cognitive Models
 
Emotions play a powerful, central role in everyday life. Emotions shape how we perceive the world, bias our beliefs, influence our decisions and in large measure guide how we adapt our behavior to the
 
Social Simulation and Theory of Mind
 
A key factor in human social interaction is our beliefs about others, a theory of mind.  Our decisions to act are influenced by how we believe others will react.  Whether we believe a message depends
 
Interactive Drama and Thespian
 
 
 
 
 
 
Virtual Human Behavior and SmartBody
 
Play the above movie to see our automated nonverbal behavior generation system and SmartBody, our new virtual human body animation system.
 
 
UNICEF Children’s Rights Animation
 
Every Child has the Right to Adequate Nutrition and Healthcare.
Television spot developed for UNICEF's Children's Rights Campaign. Presented at the Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, Fra
 
Research