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Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people. (2004)
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Mival, O., Cringean, S., & Benyon, D. (2004, April). Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people. Presented at Chi 2004, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

This paper reports on the work of the UTOPIA project, a consortium of four Scottish universities concerned with technology issues for older people, focusing specifically on artificial companionship. The importance of companionship to the emotional an... Read More about Personification technologies: developing artificial companions for older people..