Demonstrating the Rapid Integration & Development Environment (RIDE): Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) and Multiagent Capabilities

Arno Hartholt (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Ed Fast (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Andrew Leeds (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Kevin Kim (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Andrew Gordon (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Kyle McCullough (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Volkan Ustun (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies), Sharon Mozgai (University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies)

Abstract

We demonstrate the Rapid Integration & Development Environment (RIDE), a research and development platform that enables rapid prototyping in support of multiagents and embodied conversational agents. RIDE is based on commodity game engines and includes a flexible architecture, system interoperability, and native support for artificial intelligence and machine learning frameworks.