%0 Journal Article
%@ 1358-3948
%A Gillies, M.
%A Crabtree, I.B.
%A Ballin, D.
%D 2004
%F discovery:4856
%J BT Technology Journal
%N 02
%P 7-17
%T Customisation and Context for Expressive Behaviour in the Broadband World
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4856/
%V 22
%X The introduction of consumer broadband makes it possible to have an  emotionally much richer experience of the internet. One way of achieving  this is the use of animated characters endowed with emotionally expressive  behaviour. This paper describes Demeanour, a framework for generating  expressive behaviour, developed collaboratively by University College  London and BT plc. The focus of this paper will be on two important  aspects; the customisation of expressive behaviour and how expressive  behaviour can be made context dependent.  Customisation is a very popular feature for internet software, particularly  as it allows users to present a specific identity to other users; the ability  to customise beahviour will increase this sense of identity. Demeanour  supports a number of user friendly methods for customisng behaviour, all  of which use a character profile that ultimately controls the behaviour of  the character.  What counts as appropriate behaviour is highly dependent on the context,  where you are, who you are talking to, whether you have a particular  job or role. It is therefore very important that characters are able to  exhibit different behaviours in different contexts. Demeanour allows characters  to load different profiles in different contexts and therefore produce  different behaviour.
%Z The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com