Traveller: An intercultural training system with intelligent agents

• DOI: 10.5555/2484920.2485238
• Publication Date: 2013-01-01
• Authors: Mascarenhas, Samuel; Silva, André; Paiva, Ana; Aylett, Ruth; Kistler, Felix; André, Elisabeth; Degens, Nick; Hofstede, Gert Jan; Kappas, Arvid
• Keywords: ddc:004; Virtual Learning Environments; Intercultural Training

There is a growing demand for new forms of intercultural training. We describe a demonstration of an agent-based application designed to teach young adults (18-25) general patterns of behaviour that can distinguish a broad range of cultures. Training is done through an interactive-story telling approach where the user must go through a series of critical incidents, interacting with agents capable of simulating different synthetic cultures in their behaviour.