REVITALISE: viRtual bEhaVioral skIlls TrAining for pubLIc SpEaking

In this article, we present a new tool called REVITALISE (viRtual bEhaVioral skIlls TrAining for pubLIc SpEaking) which enables the user to practice public speaking in front of a virtual audience in virtual reality. The tool is specially designed to simulate different virtual audiences to vary the user experiences. The virtual environments as well as the genders of the virtual characters and their non-verbal behaviors can be easily set-up in REVITALISE. Moreover, the motion capture-based animations, validated through a perceptive studies, enable to simulate and combine different social attitudes of the virtual audience.