A Platform for Interactive AI Character Experiences
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.01027v1
- Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:27:19 GMT
- Title: A Platform for Interactive AI Character Experiences
- Authors: Rafael Wampfler, Chen Yang, Dillon Elste, Nikola Kovacevic, Philine Witzig, Markus Gross,
- Abstract summary: We present a system and platform for conveniently designing believable digital characters.<n>Our work paves the way for immersive character experiences, turning the dream of lifelike, story-based interactions into a reality.
- Score: 6.082318384599531
- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Abstract: From movie characters to modern science fiction - bringing characters into interactive, story-driven conversations has captured imaginations across generations. Achieving this vision is highly challenging and requires much more than just language modeling. It involves numerous complex AI challenges, such as conversational AI, maintaining character integrity, managing personality and emotions, handling knowledge and memory, synthesizing voice, generating animations, enabling real-world interactions, and integration with physical environments. Recent advancements in the development of foundation models, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning for downstream tasks have enabled researchers to address these individual challenges. However, combining these technologies for interactive characters remains an open problem. We present a system and platform for conveniently designing believable digital characters, enabling a conversational and story-driven experience while providing solutions to all of the technical challenges. As a proof-of-concept, we introduce Digital Einstein, which allows users to engage in conversations with a digital representation of Albert Einstein about his life, research, and persona. While Digital Einstein exemplifies our methods for a specific character, our system is flexible and generalizes to any story-driven or conversational character. By unifying these diverse AI components into a single, easy-to-adapt platform, our work paves the way for immersive character experiences, turning the dream of lifelike, story-based interactions into a reality.
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