Research Activities for Cyber Characters in Korea

  • Lee, Ee-Taek (Human Computing Department, Computer Software Technology Laboratory Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Taejon) ;
  • Park, Chan-Jong (Human Computing Department, Computer Software Technology Laboratory Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Taejon) ;
  • Park, Jung-Jo (Human Computing Department, Computer Software Technology Laboratory Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute Taejon)
  • Published : 1999.06.01

Abstract

The forthcoming century will be the "era of cyber society" . In a virtual environment, a cyber character plays the role of an agent for the human being. In this paper, we introduce active researches of industries, universities, and research institutes in Korea. After Adam Soft Inc. presented a cyber singer,“Adam”, a few cyber characters have succeeded commercially through Internet, TV, CF, movies and etc. Some universities had their own characters to make fundamental researches in the fields of modeling, motion control, and VR. Research institutes have been funded recently to a cyber character related researches. This paper briefly reviews the recent research works, and future trends in Korea. in Korea.

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