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A typical present-day virtual actor is able to store episodes in an ad hoc manner, which does not allow for reconstructing the actor’s personal stories. This paper proposes a virtual RPG actor with a full episodic memory, which allows for this reconstruction. The paper presents the memory architecture, overviews the prototype implementation, presents a benchmark for the efficiency of the memory measurement, and details the conducted tests.
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Brom, C., Pešková, K., Lukavský, J. (2007). What Does Your Actor Remember? Towards Characters with a Full Episodic Memory. In: Cavazza, M., Donikian, S. (eds) Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling. ICVS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4871. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77039-8_8
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