The effect of human avatars' facial similarity on users' sense of co-presence

Doo Hwang Lee, Joung Huem Kwon, Young Nam Seo, Bum Jae You

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Abstract

The present study used both self-report and electroencephalogram (EEG) measures and explored if users' sense of co-presence with communication counterparts' avatars would be salient when their own faces are morphed with the avatars' faces. Thirty-four undergraduate female students participated in an EEG/ERPbased experiment. In the experiment, each of the subjects who were assigned to either the morphed face condition or the non-morphed condition was exposed to the image presentation of avatar. The self-report data analyses indicated that the subjects felt significantly higher senses of being together with the counterparts whose faces were morphed with their own faces than those whose faces were not morphed. Further, the EEG/ERP data analyses demonstrated that the subjects paid much more attention to the counterparts whose faces were morphed than those who were not morphed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHAI 2015 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages247-248
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450335270
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Oct 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2015 - Daegu, Korea, South
Duration: 21 Oct 201524 Oct 2015
Conference number: 3rd

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Human-Agent Interaction 2015
Abbreviated titleHAI 2015
Country/TerritoryKorea, South
CityDaegu
Period21/10/1524/10/15

Keywords

  • Avatar
  • Co-presence
  • EEG
  • Self-report
  • Similarity effect

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