abstract: Universal Emote is the brand name for a unique suite of web-based applications that visualize the emotional effects of collective thought patterns on a relatable human face. One of the products in the suite, the 'Universal Emote Control', is a downloadable widget that tracks the emotional content of web pages in the form of facial expressions. As users create and manage their own list of URL "channels", the program uses psycholinguistic data to analyze the overall affect of the text in each URL and continually provide updates.
Universal emote applications and games are designed to entertain and enlighten the casual web user by channeling mass pyschological effects into a personal form. The video-based avatar they feature is built using a special technique of blending three separate facial components seamlessly together. It is designed on a model of four primary emotions that can mix dynamically in a variety of ways depending on the emotional composition of the text it takes in.
author: Ian Spangler, Candidate for MFA Design & Technology, May 2007
instructors: Stephanie Owens, Louisa Campbell
domains: web applications, artificial intelligence, interactive video, databases
keywords: video avatar, widget, psycholinguistic analysis
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