VIRTUAL COMMUNICATOR FOR INTERACTIVE VOICE GUIDANCE

摘要

A context-responsive virtual communicator module for providing high-priority real-time information about an environment to a subject interacting with that environment, such as via an earphone channel. The virtual communicator module can be embedded within a dedicated system or may be ancillary to other systems in the environment. The environment may include both real and/or virtual aspects to various relative degrees, depending on the application. The virtual communicator module provides relevant voice information related to the current state of the environment (context-responsive); selects, prioritizes, and schedules responses to avoid conflicts; and adapts to the subject's characteristics, behavior history, and informational needs. Environments may be virtual (e.g., video games), mixed virtual/real (e.g., training simulators), and real (e.g., diagnostic aids). Also disclosed is an editing platform for creating and modifying custom response databases for an environment.