Designing Compelling AI Character Interactions in VR Using Body Language

In this 2019 XRDC session, Beast Inc.'s Vivian Tan explains how tools and techniques that are accessible to VR developers, including hand gestures, eye contact, and other forms of spatial interaction, can be used to create compelling AI characters.

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