F2FCrowds: Planning Agent Movements to Enable Face-to-Face Interactions


Abstract

We present an approach for multi-agent navigation that facilitates face-to-face interaction in virtual crowds, based on a novel interaction velocity prediction (IVP) algorithm. Our user evaluation indicates that such techniques enabling face-to-face interactions can improve the sense of presence felt by the user. The virtual agents using these algorithms also appear more responsive and are able to elicit more reaction from the users.

Paper

F2FCrowds: Planning Agent Movements to Enable Face-to-Face Interactions, PRESENCE 2017.
Tanmay Randhavane, AAniket Bera, and Dinesh Manocha

@article{randhavane2017f2fcrowds,
  title={F2FCrowds: Planning agent movements to enable face-to-face interactions},
  author={Randhavane, Tanmay and Bera, Aniket and Manocha, Dinesh},
  journal={Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments},
  volume={26},
  number={2},
  pages={228--246},
  year={2017},
  publisher={MIT Press}
}