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    FrankenFolk: Distinctiveness and attractiveness of voice and motion


    Ondřej, Jan, Ennis, Cathy, Merriman, Niamh and O'Sullivan, Carol (2016) FrankenFolk: Distinctiveness and attractiveness of voice and motion. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 13 (4): 20. pp. 1-16. ISSN 544-3965

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    Abstract

    It is common practice in movies and games to use different actors for the voice and body/face motion of a virtual character. What effect does the combination of these different modalities have on the perception of the viewer? In this article, we conduct a series of experiments to evaluate the distinctiveness and attractiveness of human motions (face and body) and voices. We also create combination characters called FrankenFolks, where we mix and match the voice, body motion, face motion, and avatar of different actors and ask which modality is most dominant when determining distinctiveness and attractiveness or whether the effects are cumulative.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Virtual characters; multisensory perception; crowd variety;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
    Item ID: 20327
    Identification Number: 10.1145/2948066
    Depositing User: IR Editor
    Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2025 12:30
    Journal or Publication Title: ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
    Publisher: ACM Digital Library
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20327
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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