Moe the monkey: a fun way to educate children

Ikram Asghar, Oche A Egaji, Mark Griffiths, David Hinton

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Abstract

This paper presents the development and usability testing of Evoke, an interactive avatar that can see, hear and respond to children in pitch-altered voice in real-time. The system uses Moe, a stylised monkey, as an interaction point between the teacher and children. Children remained fully engaged, responded more openly, and friendlier to the avatar (Moe), which was controlled by their teacher in a separate room. The user testing showed that the children listened to the character and were eager to ask questions, they grabbed and retained information given by Moe.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies
EditorsP.J. Standen, S. V. G. Cobb, D. J. Brown, P. Gamito, K. Appiah
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
PublisherUniversity of Nottingham
Pages1-8
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9780704915480
Publication statusPublished - 4 Sept 2018
Event12th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies 2018 - University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Duration: 4 Sept 20186 Sept 2018

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality & Associated Technologies 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityNottingham
Period4/09/186/09/18

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