Effects of Nonverbal Communication of Virtual Agents on Social Pressure and Encouragement in VR
P. Martinez Pankotsch, S. Oberdörfer, and M. Latoschik. Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VR '24), IEEE, (2024)
Abstract
Our study investigated how virtual agents impact users in challenging VR environments, exploring if nonverbal animations affect social pressure, positive encouragement, and trust in 30 female participants. Despite showing signs of pressure and support during the experimental trials, we could not find significant differences in post-exposure measurements of social pressure and encouragement, interpersonal trust, and well-being. While inconclusive, the findings suggest potential, indicating the need for further research with improved animations and a larger sample size for validation.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 martinezpankotsch2024effects
%A Martinez Pankotsch, Pascal
%A Oberdörfer, Sebastian
%A Latoschik, Marc Erich
%B Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VR '24)
%D 2024
%K dark-sides-vr myown oberdoerfer xrhub
%T Effects of Nonverbal Communication of Virtual Agents on Social Pressure and Encouragement in VR
%U http://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-ieeevr-agent-encouragement-peer-pressure-preprint.pdf
%X Our study investigated how virtual agents impact users in challenging VR environments, exploring if nonverbal animations affect social pressure, positive encouragement, and trust in 30 female participants. Despite showing signs of pressure and support during the experimental trials, we could not find significant differences in post-exposure measurements of social pressure and encouragement, interpersonal trust, and well-being. While inconclusive, the findings suggest potential, indicating the need for further research with improved animations and a larger sample size for validation.
@inproceedings{martinezpankotsch2024effects,
abstract = {Our study investigated how virtual agents impact users in challenging VR environments, exploring if nonverbal animations affect social pressure, positive encouragement, and trust in 30 female participants. Despite showing signs of pressure and support during the experimental trials, we could not find significant differences in post-exposure measurements of social pressure and encouragement, interpersonal trust, and well-being. While inconclusive, the findings suggest potential, indicating the need for further research with improved animations and a larger sample size for validation.},
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author = {Martinez Pankotsch, Pascal and Oberdörfer, Sebastian and Latoschik, Marc Erich},
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timestamp = {2024-11-21T09:27:11.000+0100},
title = {Effects of Nonverbal Communication of Virtual Agents on Social Pressure and Encouragement in VR},
url = {http://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-ieeevr-agent-encouragement-peer-pressure-preprint.pdf},
year = 2024
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