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EU Project Develops Affective Interface Technologies for New Media

Cordis News Service (12/20/07)

An EU-funded project has made some key advances in the design of human computer interfaces. Conveying Affectiveness in Leading-Edge Living Adaptive Systems (CALLAS), named after the Greek opera singer Maria Callas, is a project that seeks to develop new multi-model affective interfaces for the new media, digital arts, and entertainment fields by integrating emotional models from a wide range of emotions. The models will be based on the facial characteristics and expressions of spectators during communications, and they will help improve the experience of the final users. The project is looking to use the fundamental role of emotions in conditioning communication between two people to improve interaction between people and machines. The affective interfaces of CALLAS will focus on the key role of new media experiences in digital theater, interactive TV, augmented reality art, and interactive public performances.

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