The GENEA Challenge 2023: A large scale evaluation of gesture generation models in monadic and dyadic settings

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12646v1
• Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 08:42:06 GMT
• Title: The GENEA Challenge 2023: A large scale evaluation of gesture generation models in monadic and dyadic settings
• Authors: Taras Kucherenko, Rajmund Nagy, Youngwoo Yoon, Jieyeon Woo, Teodor Nikolov, Mihail Tsakov, Gustav Eje Henter
• Abstract summary: This paper reports on the GENEA Challenge 2023, in which participating teams built speech-driven gesture-generation systems. We evaluated 12 submissions and 2 baselines together with held-out motion-capture data in several large-scale user studies. We found a large span in human-likeness between challenge submissions, with a few systems rated close to human mocap.
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• Abstract: This paper reports on the GENEA Challenge 2023, in which participating teams built speech-driven gesture-generation systems using the same speech and motion dataset, followed by a joint evaluation. This year's challenge provided data on both sides of a dyadic interaction, allowing teams to generate full-body motion for an agent given its speech (text and audio) and the speech and motion of the interlocutor. We evaluated 12 submissions and 2 baselines together with held-out motion-capture data in several large-scale user studies. The studies focused on three aspects: 1) the human-likeness of the motion, 2) the appropriateness of the motion for the agent's own speech whilst controlling for the human-likeness of the motion, and 3) the appropriateness of the motion for the behaviour of the interlocutor in the interaction, using a setup that controls for both the human-likeness of the motion and the agent's own speech. We found a large span in human-likeness between challenge submissions, with a few systems rated close to human mocap. Appropriateness seems far from being solved, with most submissions performing in a narrow range slightly above chance, far behind natural motion. The effect of the interlocutor is even more subtle, with submitted systems at best performing barely above chance. Interestingly, a dyadic system being highly appropriate for agent speech does not necessarily imply high appropriateness for the interlocutor. Additional material is available via the project website at https://svito-zar.github.io/GENEAchallenge2023/ .

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