1. IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects Avatar based UI for controlling MP3 player Alexander Szabó (szaboa1@fel.cvut.cz) Dávid Ádám (adamd1@fel.cvut.cz)

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. Demos http://ibm-cvut.felk.cvut.cz/~abuifcmp07/presentation/avi IBM - CVUT Student Research Projects 6