• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.391-393
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 수중에 존재하는 몰입형 에이전트의 움직임을 사실적으로 표현하고 수중 오브젝트들과의 상호작용에서 나타나는 외력을 시각적으로 표현할 수 있는 프레임워크를 제안한다. Unity3D와 HTC Vive를 이용해 사용자의 움직임을 추적하고 수중 물리적 요소인 부력, 저항력, 매그너스 효과를 몰입형 에이전트에 적용시켜 사용자로 하여금 수중에 작용하는 외력을 사실적으로 인지할 수 있게 한다.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2024

In immersive virtual environments including mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR), avatars or agents, which are virtual humans, are being studied and applied in various ways as factors that increase users' social presence. Recently, studies are being conducted to apply generative AI as an agent to improve user learning effects or suggest a collaborative environment in an immersive virtual environment. This study proposes a novel method for interface application of a virtual assistant agent (VAA) using OpenAI's ChatGPT in an immersive virtual environment including VR and MR. The proposed method consists of an information agent that responds to user queries and a control agent that controls virtual objects and environments according to user needs. We set up a development environment that integrates the Unity 3D engine, OpenAI, and packages and development tools for user participation in MR and VR. Additionally, we set up a workflow that leads from voice input to the creation of a question query to an answer query, or a control request query to a control script. Based on this, MR and VR experience environments were produced, and experiments to confirm the performance of VAA were divided into response time of information agent and accuracy of control agent. It was confirmed that the interface application of the proposed VAA can increase efficiency in simple and repetitive tasks along with user-friendly features. We present a novel direction for the interface application of an immersive virtual environment through the proposed VAA and clarify the discovered problems and limitations so far.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.17-34
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 분신과 지능형 쇼핑에이전트에 입각한 새로운 개념의 가상현실 인터넷 쇼핑몰을 제안한다. 특히 본 논문에서 제안하는 인터넷 쇼핑몰은 기존의 쇼핑몰과는 달리 전체적인 설계를 웹에 기초한 의사결정지원시스템 즉 웹 DSS 개념에 기초하고 있다 일반적으로 전통적인 DSS의 경우 모델 데이터 그리고 사용자 인터페이스를 기본 구성요소로하고 있는데 본 논문에서 제안하는 인터넷 쇼핑몰은 모델로서는 지능형 쇼핑에이전트를 데이터로서는 각종 제품 정보 및 상용자 기호를 사용자 인터페이서로서는 분신(Avatar) 및 웹 환경을 전제로 한다. 특히 본 논문에서 제안하는 인터넷 쇼핑몰의 모든 의사결정지원과정은 웹 DSS 개념에 기초한다. 또한 소비자들의 흥미성과 몰입감 증대를 위하여 전체적인 환경을 가상현실로 하였다 본 논문에서 제안하는 인터넷 쇼핑몰인 VRISA의 특징을 요약하면 우선 라이프스타일 에이전트와 선호속성 에이전트를 가지고 있어서 이를 기초로 하여 소비자의 라이프스타일 확인 및 선호속성을 파악할 수가 있으며 또한 해당 라이프스타일 및 선호속성에 맞는 제품을 추천할 수도 있다 이같은 에이전트의 작동결과는 분신으로 반영되어 해당 분신이 적절한 제품을 소비자에게 추천할 수 있으며 모든 제품추천환경 및 분신의 작동환경은 가상현실 환경으로 구축되어 있어서 소비자들의 흥미성과 몰입감을 증대시킬 수가 있다. 이는 소비자들의 구매의도 향상에 크게 기여할 수가 있다.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.32-52
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• 2024

This study investigates the effectiveness of virtual reality agents as foreign language instructors with focus on the impact of different native language backgrounds and instructional roles. The agents were first distinguished as native or non-native speakers treated as a between-subject factor, and then assigned roles as either teachers or salespersons considered within-subject factors. An immersive virtual environment was developed for this experiment, and a 2×2 mixed factorial design was carried out. In an experimental group of 72 university students, statistically significant interactions were found in learning satisfaction, memory, and recall between the native/non-native status of the agents and their roles. With regard to learning confidence and presence, however, no statistically significant differences were observed in both interaction effects and main effects. Contextual learning in a virtual environment was found to enhance learning effectiveness and satisfaction, with the nativeness and the role of agents influencing learners' memory; thus highlighting the effectiveness of using virtual reality agents in foreign language learning. This suggests that varied approaches can have positive cognitive and emotional impacts on learners, thereby providing valuable theoretical and empirical implications.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.24-40
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• 2001

The design and implementation of agents is an essential part of the development of immersive types of tutoring systems using virtual reality. This paper proposes several effective mechanisms for the design and implementation of agents. Unlike existing researches we focus on accommodating diversity of agents' behavior in the proposed mechanisms. First, we define the space object based on the field theory. The introduction of the field theory allows us to approach the space objects in a structural manner rather than by their classification. We can also achieve dynamic genesis and extinction of the space objects, and derivation of overall changes in spatio-temporal situations. Second, we classify the behavior of agents into composite behaviors and primitive actions in order to achieve its dynamic planning. Finally, we distribute the knowledge among agents and their associated objects according to their interrelations. By this distribution, we can handle the otherwise prohibitively large amount of knowledge related to agents' behaviors and construct a dynamic environment. By implementing a situation with agent's navigation across a composite space object, we demonstrate the effectiveness of these schemes presented above.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.673-684
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• 2005

In this research, we have developed a "computer tutor" that mimics the human tutor with animated tutoring dialog agent and the agent was integrated to teaching-learning material for elementary science subject. The developed system is a natural language based teaching-learning system using one-to-one dialogue. The developed pedagogical dialogue teaching-learning system analysis student's answer then provides appropriate answer or questions after comparing the student's answer with elementary school level achievement. When the agent gives either question or answer it uses the TTS(Text-to-Speech) function. Also the agent has an animated human tutor face for providing more human like feedback. The developed dialogue interface has been applied to 64 6th grade students. The test results show that the test group's average score is higher than the control group by 10.797. This shows that unlike conventional web courseware, our approach that "ask-answer" process and the animated character, which has human tutor's emotional expression, attracts students and helps to immerse to the courseware.