Virtual Human Negotiation Scenarios
This paper reports on an ongoing effort to enable
the rapid development of multi-party virtual
human negotiation scenarios. We present
a case study in which a new scenario supporting
negotiation between two human role
players and two
virtual humans was developed
over a period of 12 weeks. We discuss
the methodology and development process
that were employed, from storyline design
through role play and iterative development
of the virtual humans’ semantic and task
representations and natural language processing
capabilities. We analyze the effort, expertise,
and time required for each development
step, and discuss opportunities to further
streamline the development process.