From 1991 until 2001 he was a researcher at Microsoft, leading the Persona Project, which focused on developing lifelike computer characters that could conversationally interact with users.
gene, ball, computer, science, researcher, computer, programmer, ball, obtained, bachelor, degree, from, university, oklahoma, attended, graduate, school, university, rochester, completing, master, degree, finishing, doctorate, 1982, while, rochester, rick, ra. Gene Ball is a computer science researcher and computer programmer Ball obtained a bachelor s degree from the University of Oklahoma and attended graduate school at the University of Rochester completing a master s degree and finishing his doctorate in 1982 While at Rochester he met Rick Rashid and together they created Alto Trek 1 one of the earlier networked multiplayer computer games In 1979 along with Rashid Ball worked as a researcher Carnegie Mellon University In 1983 he left academia for two years spending 1983 and 1984 designing software at Formative Technologies In 1985 he became an assistant professor at the University of Delaware at Newark From 1991 until 2001 he was a researcher at Microsoft leading the Persona Project which focused on developing lifelike computer characters that could conversationally interact with users References editContributor biography in Emotions in Humans and Artifacts by Robert Trappl Paolo Petta and Sabine Payr ISBN 0 262 20142 9 Markoff John 2000 02 28 Serious About Research Microsoft Makes Time for a Game New York Times Retrieved 2008 03 04 nbsp This biographical article relating to a computer specialist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gene Ball amp oldid 1078203745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
