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<article-title>FearNot! Demo &#8211; A Virtual Environment with Synthetic Characters <br/>to Help Bullying</article-title>
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<author><name>Marco Vala</name></author>
<aff>INESC-ID and IST Av. Prof. Cavaco Silva<br/> 2780-990 Porto Salvo Portugal</aff>

<author><name>Pedro Sequeira</name></author>
<aff>INESC-ID and IST Av. Prof. Cavaco Silva<br/> 2780-990 Porto Salvo Portugal</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:ana.paiva@inesc-id.pt"><name>Ana Paiva</name></a></author>
<aff>INESC-ID and IST Av. Prof. Cavaco Silva<br/> 2780-990 Porto Salvo Portugal</aff>

<author><a href="mailto:ruth@macs.hw.ac.uk"><name>Ruth Aylett</name></a></author>
<aff>MACS, Heriot-Watt University Riccarton<br/> Edinburgh EH10 4AS United Kingdom</aff>


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<p>This demo features FearNot!, a school-based Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE) populated by synthetic characters
representing the various actors in a bullying scenario. FearNot!
uses emergent narrative to create improvised dramas with those
characters. The goal is to enable children to explore bullying
issues, and coping strategies, interacting with characters to which
they become affectively engaged. Through their appearance,
behaviours and affect, these characters are able to trigger
empathic relations with the user. FearNot! is used for Personal
and Health Social Education (PHSE) for children aged 8&#8211;12, in
the UK, Portugal and Germany.</p>
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