The role of eye gaze in virtual characters on their perceived believability, social presence and the application of Theory of Mind

Making virtual characters seem sentient is the main goal of the study of believable virtual characters. Unbelievable behaviour, especially eye gaze behaviour, could make the whole virtual character seem less believable. In human-human social interactions eye gaze is used to interact non-verbally. People also apply Theory of Mind (ToM) to reason...