MuseGesture: A Framework for Gesture Synthesis by Virtual Agents in VR Museum Guides

Yihua Bao, Nan Gao*, Dongdong Weng, Junyu Chen, Zeyu Tian

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents an innovative framework named MuseGesture, designed to generate contextually adaptive gestures for virtual agents in Virtual Reality (VR) museums. The framework leverages the robust language understanding and generation capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) to parse tour narration texts and generate corresponding explanatory gestures. Through reinforcement learning and adversarial skill embeddings, the framework also generates guiding gestures tailored to the virtual museum environment, integrating both gesture types using conditional motion interpolation methods. Experimental results and user studies demonstrate that this approach effectively enables voice-command-controlled virtual guide gestures, offering a novel intelligent guiding system solution that enhances the interactive experience in VR museum environments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2024
EditorsUlrich Eck, Misha Sra, Jeanine Stefanucci, Maki Sugimoto, Markus Tatzgern, Ian Williams
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages337-338
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9798331506919
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2024 - Seattle, United States
Duration: 21 Oct 202425 Oct 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2024

Conference

Conference2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period21/10/2425/10/24

Keywords

  • Gesture Generation
  • Large Language Models
  • Virtual Agents
  • VR Museum Guides

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