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Using emotions in intelligent virtual environments: the EJaCalIVE framework
Nowadays, there is a need to provide new applications which allow the definition and implementation of safe environments that
attends to the user needs and increases their wellbeing. In this sense, this paper introduces the EJaCalIVE framework which allows
the creation of emotional virtual environments that incorporate agents, eHealth related devices, human actors, and emotions
projecting them virtually and managing the interaction between all the elements. In this way, the proposed framework allows
the design and programming of intelligent virtual environments, as well as the simulation and detection of human emotions which
can be used for the improvement of the decision-making processes of the developed entities. The paper also shows a case study
that enforces the need of this framework in common environments like nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Concretely, the
case study proposes the simulation of a residence for the elderly. The main goal is to have an emotion-based simulation to train an
assistance robot avoiding the complexity involved in working with the real elders. The main advantage of the proposed framework
is to provide a safe environment, that is, an environment where users are able to interact safely with the system.This work is partially supported by the MINECO/FEDER
TIN2015-65515-C4-1-R and the FPI Grant AP2013-01276
awarded to Jaime-Andres Rincon. This work is also supported
by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and
Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) within the
projects UID/CEC/00319/2013 and Post-Doc scholarship
SFRH/BPD/102696/2014 (A. Costa).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio