Artificial Intelligence for Virtual Reality

This book explores the possible applications of Artificial Intelligence in Virtual environments. These were previously mainly associated with gaming, but have largely extended their area of application, and are nowadays used for promoting collaboration in work environments, for training purposes, for management of anxiety and pain, etc.. The development of Artificial Intelligence has given new dimensions to the research in this field. THE FRONTIERS IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE The series Frontiers In Computational Intelligence is envisioned to provide comprehensive coverage and understanding of cutting edge research in computational intelligence. It intends to augment the scholarly discourse on all topics relating to the advances in artifi cial life and machine learning in the form of metaheuristics, approximate reasoning, and robotics. Latest research findings are coupled with applications to varied domains of engineering and computer sciences. This field is steadily growing especially with the advent of novel machine learning algorithms being applied to different domains of engineering and technology. The series brings together leading researchers that intend to continue to advance the field and create a broad knowledge about the most recent research. Series Editor Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India Editorial Advisory Board Dr. Elizabeth Behrman, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA Dr. Goran Klepac Dr. Leo Mrsic, Algebra University College, Croatia Dr. Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt Dr. Jan Platos, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Dr. Xiao-Zhi Gao, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Dr. Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil