expressions

Infusing Empathy in Self Driving Cars Through Anime Expressions

Yuki Moriyama (JP), Eiji Kawata (JP), Ryohei Fukushi (JP)

In collaboration with Japanese animation studio Polygon Pictures, Mercedes-Benz has designed animations of different scenarios in which autonomous vehicles could build informed trust with humans. The basic idea when designing animes is that a lot of emotion is expressed in a few strokes. The key issue that this project concerns itself with is therefore: How can these basic principles be used for intuitive communication between human and machine?

Gluttonous Snake

Jin Ni (CN), Huang Mingyuan (CN), Zhengren Chen (CN)

Our emotions can be conveyed through expressions and have the power to influence people around us. How do different emotions affect each other when they are together? Will happiness and sorrow counterbalance? Does anger cause a butterfly effect? Which kind of emotion will make the snake grow stronger rather than kill it? The answer is simple, happiness. We are generating emojis based on facial expressions. Different emojis have different powers. Try to keep growing the snake with happiness.