Research Document
A document that best describes what MetaFace hopes to achieve is the
candidacy document submitted as
a proposal for PhD research.
Introduction to MetaFace
The Internet is an exciting new media, but there are problems emerging
as it is developed more and more in an undisciplined way. One of the prime
issues involved with the Internet today is the lack of a well-defined metaphor
and metaphor enabling framework. There are also certain human/computer-interaction
issues that need further research, such as searching for information on the Internet
and time delay when retrieving information from the Internet. To address the need for
a well-defined metaphor, enabling framework, and research into time delay and information
searching, the MetaFace system will be developed. MetaFace will a be client/server
architecture capable of finding information on behalf of a user, presenting the
information in a web browser and interacting with the user by means of speech and
facial animation.
Part of the MetaFace system will present a new metaphor that is
intuitive to the user since it is modeled on human interaction and concepts, and
will be referred to as the virtual face metaphor. Another part will provide a framework
so that the system can be applied to many different web sites and domains.
You can also view the latest conceptual picture for the MetaFace system.
Given also is an explanation of the diagram.
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