LUMIERE: a Digital Artist of Feelings

Lumiere is a virtual artist that aims to help understand psychological susceptibility to reactive artistic intelligent systems and people feelings progressions at certain circumstances. This study is carried out specifically on those interacting people who observe personalized works of art at the time of interaction according to predefined patterns of behavior. The prototype captures the evolution not only of a created artistical canvas but also the facial expressions of joy, sadness, and loneliness among others. After them it assimilates both concepts and produces a new version with techniques that may bias next reaction of the user. As result of this, users with angry and sad emotions experiments a change in their mood. Lumiere could be used to generate a tool that allows not only to provide recreation or virtual companionship to people who need it, but also a systematic method of non-invasive and natural treatment for possible patients with specific disorders at an emotional level.