TY - BOOK AU - Trappl,Robert TI - Your Virtual Butler: The Making-of SN - 9783642373466 PY - 2013/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Computer science KW - User interfaces (Computer systems) KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Computers and civilization N1 - From Jeeves to Jeannie to Siri, and Then? -- Part I: Psychological and Social Considerations -- Would a Virtual Butler Do a Good Job for Old People? Psychological Considerations about Benefits and Risks of Technological Assistance -- Framing the Invisible - The Social Background of Trust -- Part II: Experiences with/Prerequisites for Virtual or Robotic Companions -- Virtual Butler: What Can We Learn from Adaptive User Interfaces? -- Towards Affect Sensitive and Socially Perceptive Companions -- Before We Get There, Where Are We Going? -- Virtual Helper or Virtual Card Player? Contrasting Responses of Older Users -- Scenarios for Companions -- Care-O-bot R3 - Vision of a Robot Butler -- Part III: Further Developments -- Spoken Language Processing: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Virtual Butlers and Real People: Styles and Practices in Long-Term Use of a Companion -- What Issue Should Your Virtual Butler Solve Next? UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37346-6 ER -