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Exploring Smart Agents for the Interaction with Multimodal Mediated Environments

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Richer, Robert; Zhao, Nan; Eskofier, Bjoern M.; Paradiso, Joseph A
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Abstract
After conversational agents have been made available to the broader public, we speculate that applying them as a mediator for adaptive environments reduces control complexity and increases user experience by providing a more natural interaction. We implemented and tested four agents, each of them differing in their system intelligence and input modality, as personal assistants for Mediated Atmospheres, an adaptive smart office prototype. They were evaluated in a user study (N = 33) to collect subjective and objective measures. Results showed that a smartphone application was the most favorable system, followed by conversational text and voice agents that were perceived as being more engaging and intelligent than a non-conversational voice agent. Significant differences were observed between native and non-native speakers in both subjective and objective measures. Our findings reveal the potential of conversational agents for the interaction with adaptive environments to reduce work and information overload.
Date issued
2020-06
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/126775
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Responsive Environments Group
Journal
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Citation
Richer, Robert et al. "Exploring Smart Agents for the Interaction with Multimodal Mediated Environments." Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 4, 2 (June 2020): 27 ©2020 Author(s)
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2414-4088

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