EVALUATING BELIEVABILITY IN AN INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE

摘要

Believability is affected not only by the graphical appearance (movements, synchronisation, gestures), but also by actions of characters, and how users understand actions in terms of everyday psychology, social life and narrative situation. We performed a study of empathic processes in a socio-emotionally rich drama in which players interacted with text-based virtual characters. The results indicate the importance of having some structure in the ways emotions are displayed by characters. The emotional reactions need to be determined in terms of the character's goals, plans and personality, as well as the narrative context.