Effects of Hybrid and Synthetic Social Gaze in Avatar-Mediated Interactions

Roth D, Kullmann P, Bente G, Gall D, Latoschik ME (2018)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2018

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Pages Range: 103-108

Conference Proceedings Title: Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018

Event location: Munich DE

ISBN: 9781538675922

DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00044

Abstract

Human gaze is a crucial element in social interactions and therefore an important topic for social Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality (AR, MR, VR) applications. In this paper we systematically compare four modes of gaze transmission: (1) natural gaze, (2) hybrid gaze, which combines natural gaze transmission with a social gaze model, (3) synthesized gaze, which combines a random gaze transmission with a social gaze model, and (4) purely random gaze. Investigating dyadic interactions, results show a linear trend for the perception of virtual rapport, trust, and interpersonal attraction, suggesting that these measures increase with higher naturalness and social adequateness of the transmission mode. We further investigated the perception of realism as well as the resulting gaze behavior of the avatars and the human participants. We discuss these results and their implications.

Authors with CRIS profile

Daniel Roth

Involved external institutions

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg DE Germany (DE) Michigan State University US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Roth, D., Kullmann, P., Bente, G., Gall, D., & Latoschik, M.E. (2018). Effects of Hybrid and Synthetic Social Gaze in Avatar-Mediated Interactions. In Adjunct Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018 (pp. 103-108). Munich, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Roth, Daniel, et al. "Effects of Hybrid and Synthetic Social Gaze in Avatar-Mediated Interactions." Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR-Adjunct 2018, Munich Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 103-108.

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