Avatar Realism and Social Interaction Quality in Virtual Reality

Daniel Roth, Jean-Luc Lugrin, Dmitri Galakhov, Arvid Hofmann, Gary Bente, Marc Erich Latoschik, and Arnulph Fuhrmann
In: Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Virtual Reality (IEEE VR) conference 2016

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe an experimental method to investigate the effects of reduced social information and behavioral channels in immersive virtual environments with full-body avatar embodiment. We compared physical-based and verbal-based social interactions in real world (RW) and virtual reality (VR). Participants were represented by abstract avatars that did not display gaze, facial expressions or social cues from appearance. Our results show significant differences in terms of presence and physical performance. However, differences in effectiveness in the verbal task were not present. Participants appear to efficiently compensate for missing social and behavioral cues by shifting their attentions to other behavioral channels.

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Preprint: PDF. DOI: 10.1109/VR.2016.7504761

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