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The term "believability" is often used to describe expectations concerning virtual agents. In this paper, we analyze which factors influence the believability of the agent acting as the software assistant. We consider several factors such as embodiment, communicative behavior, and emotional capabilities. We conduct a perceptive study where we...

Believability is a key issue for virtual agents. Most of the authors agree that emotional behavior and personality have a high impact on agents' believability. The social capacities of the agents also have an effect on users' judgment of believability. In this paper we analyze the role of plausible and/or socially appropriate emotional displays...