IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects Avatar based UI for controlling MP3 player Alexander Szabó Dávid Ádám
IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 2 Goals Enhance the look of Voice-controlled Jukebox Augment UI with IBM Talking Head Make the system more entertaining
Set of actions supported by “persona” IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 3 speech: generated by an artificial voice or set of audio files gestures: variety of ready expressions ranging from sadness to laughter other customized actions defined by XML structure.
User Requirements IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 4 As jukebox will be used in car – must be easy to control – only a subset of features can be presented List of actions provided to user: –choose an album/song/genre to play –show list of all albums / songs –play next, previous song, stop, pause –adjust the volume
Design of Gestures “ Playing the Album starting with The Greatest Single” “ Paused” “ I'm stopped ” “ I didn't understand.” “ Volume up/down” “ Zoom in/out“ -- considered with usage of maps IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 5
Demos IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 6