NPCEditor: Creating Virtual Human Dialogue Using Information Retrieval Techniques

It uses statistical language-classification technology for mapping from a user's text input to system responses. NPCEditor provides a user-friendly editor for creating effective virtual humans quickly. It has been deployed as a part of various virtual human systems in several applications. Imagine talking to a computer system that looks and acts almost human -- it converses, understands, can rea son, and can exhibit emotion. As an example, recall such computer characters created by Hollywood moviemakers as the librarian in Time Machine, the holographic professor in I Robot, and of course, the holodeck characters in numer ous Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes.