{"id":107,"date":"2024-11-04T22:13:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T21:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2025-03-04T08:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:33:31","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>14:00-14:05: Welcome Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14:05-14:45: Keynote: Prof. Frank Steinicke<\/strong> &#8211; Blending AI and XR for the Next Generation of Smart Avatars and Intelligent Virtual Agents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abstract: As we stand on the cusp of a new technological era, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) is set to revolutionize the creation and functionality of smart avatars and intelligent virtual agents. This talk will explore how the fusion of these two domains can enhance user interaction by providing more immersive, adaptive, and emotionally responsive digital companions. We will discuss the advancements in AI that enable avatars to understand and respond to human emotions and behaviors, as well as the role of XR in creating engaging and lifelike environments. By examining current trends and future possibilities, we envision a future where intelligent virtual agents are not just tools, but integral partners in our digital lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>14:45-15:45: Session 1 (3 times 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes questions)<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Geometry-aware 3D Gaussian Splatting for View-DependentRendering of 3D Head Models- Antoine Boyer, Fran\u00e7ois Le Clerc and Jo\u00e3o Regateiro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Impact of avatar\u2019s legs on collaborative performance and so-cial presence- Martin Heitz, Flavien L\u00e9cuyer, Nicolas Pacqueriaud, Arash Habibi, Julien Casarin and Dominique Bechmann &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-04972371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 SDEM: A State of mind Driven Eye Movements Generator ForVirtual Characters- Chun Wei Ooi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15:45-16:15: Coffee break <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16:15-17:15:  Session 2 (3 times 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes questions)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 OFER: Occluded Face Expression Reconstruction- Pratheba Selvaraju, Victoria Fernandez Abrevaya, Timo Bolkart, RickAkkerman, Faezeh Amjadi, Tianyu Ding and Ilya Zharkov &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2410.21629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Generative Articulated Neural Fields to multiple identitiesand poses- Guillaume Loranchet, Pierre Hellier, Fran\u00e7ois Schnitzler, Adnane Boukhayma, Jo\u00e3o Regateiro and Franck Multon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Integrating Personality into Digital Humans: A Review ofLLM-Driven Approaches for Virtual Reality &#8211; Iago Brito, Julia Dollis, Fernanda Bufon, Pedro Ribeiro, Rafael Sousa andArlindo Galv\u00e3o &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/iagoalvesb\/NGA_2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17:15-17:55: Panel \u201cThe future of avatar research\u201d<\/strong>. The workshop was con-cluded by a a panel discussion including the keynote speakers, or-ganizers, and audience to discuss in an interactive manner the futuredirections and challenges of the community on the topic of avatars<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17:55-18:00: Closing talk<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14:00-14:05: Welcome Talk 14:05-14:45: Keynote: Prof. Frank Steinicke &#8211; Blending AI and XR for the Next Generation of Smart Avatars and Intelligent Virtual Agents Abstract: As we stand on the cusp of a new technological era, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Extended Reality (XR) is set to revolutionize\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/program\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.inria.fr\/nga2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}