Sammi: a 3-dimensional virtual human information kiosk

Abstract

Sammi is a 3-Dimensional Virtual Human Information Kiosk for use by the Computer Science department at The University of North Carolina Wilmington. Sammi's purpose is to provide information to users about UNCW's Computer Science department, including the faculty, staff, building, and courses offered. She is also able to answer general questions about UNCW and has the ability to carry on an intelligent conversation when the statements or questions are outside the domain of UNCW. Sammi, once fully functional, is to be located in the Computer Information Systems Building. The majority of users will be UNCW students. Sammi will take speech as input and will output speech and graphics (such as maps and diagrams). We describe the design, development, and architecture of Sammi and will discuss the accuracy of her responses to questions from users in our field test.