The installation, located in the Millennium Motel area of SIGGRAPH99, explores interactions between autonomous and directable characters in a virtual space, and users in the physical space. Through our "buns and forks" interface, users can communicate with the virtual characters in an ever-changing social environment. The group's aim is to build characters which come alive in the eyes, ears, and hands of the user -- in short, characters with minds of their own. By investing virtual characters with commonsense knowledge and letting their emotional states and personal motivations govern their actions, we can produce lifelike behavior which conveys feeling and intelligence.

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