That’s a Rap Increasing Engagement with Rap Music Performance by Virtual Agents

• Published in: Intelligent Virtual Agents pp. 325 - 334
• Main Authors: Olafsson, Stefan, Kimani, Everlyne, Asadi, Reza, Bickmore, Timothy
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2017
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Health counseling; Rap music; Relational agent; Young adults

Many applications of virtual agents, including those in healthcare and education, require engaging users in dozens or hundreds of interactions over long periods of time. In this effort, we are developing conversational agents to engage young adults in longitudinal lifestyle health behavior change in...