Social Virtual Reality: Implementing Non-verbal Cues in Remote Synchronous Communication

Kasapakis, Vlasios; Dzardanova, Elena; Nikolakopoulou, Vasiliki; Vosinakis, Spyros; Xenakis, Ioannis; Gavalas, Damianos

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90739-6_10

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“…Because of this, when expressing emotions, non-verbal language has an important impact. Virtual Reality environments allow both non-verbal communication, due to the use of avatars with full-body movements, and verbal communication in real time, although they usually lack a complete system for non-verbal signals [65]. In [66], the authors highlight the lack of interaction paradigms with facial expression and the almost nonexistence of significant control over environmental aspects of non-verbal communication, such as posture, pose and social status.…”

Section: Expressing Emotionsmentioning

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Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Framework to Enhance the Sense of Agency Using Affective Computing Technologies

Ortiz,

Elizondo

2023

Applied Sciences

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Virtual Reality is expanding its use to several fields of application, including health and education. The continuous growth of this technology comes with new challenges related to the ways in which users feel inside these virtual environments. There are various guidelines on ways to enhance users’ virtual experience in terms of immersion or presence. Nonetheless, there is no extensive research on enhancing the sense of agency (SoA), a phenomenon which refers to the self-awareness of initiating, executing, and controlling one’s actions in the world. After reviewing the state of the art of technologies developed in the field of Affective Computing (AC), we propose a framework for designing immersive virtual environments (IVE) to enhance the users’ SoA. The framework defines the flow of interaction between users and the virtual world, as well as the AC technologies required for each interactive component to recognise, interpret and respond coherently within the IVE in order to enhance the SoA.

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Section: Expressing Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Framework to Enhance the Sense of Agency Using Affective Computing Technologies

Ortiz,

Elizondo

2023

Applied Sciences

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Exploring Collaborative Design Behavior in Virtual Reality Based on Inter-Brain Synchrony

Pan,

Wang,

Zhou

et al. 2023

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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Nonverbal Communication in Immersive Virtual Reality through the Lens of Presence: A Critical Review

Xenakis

Gavalas

Kasapakis

et al. 2022

PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality

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The emergence of Metaverse signifies the transformation of Virtual Reality (VR) from an isolated digital experience into a social medium, which facilitates new contexts of information exchange and communication. In fact, VR comprises the first-ever computer-mediated communication paradigm that enables the transfer of a broad range of non-verbal cues, including some unique cues which are not even known from face-to-face social encounters. This highlights the urgency to theoretically and experimentally investigate aspects of non-verbal communication (NVC) in immersive virtual environments (IVEs). We provide a critical outlook on empirical studies aiming at widening the discussion on how presence, as core social factor, is affected by the perception of non-verbal signals and how NVC may be effectively utilized to facilitate social interactions in immersive environments. Our review proposes a classification of the most fundamental cues and modalities of NVC, which we associate with conceptualizations of presence that are more relevant to interpersonal communication. We also investigate the NVC-related aspects which are essential to construct an “active” virtual self-concept and highlight associations among NVC-related aspects through forming a complex web of research topics coming from the field of IVEs. We establish that the key research challenge is to go beyond simply studying non-verbal cues and technological settings in isolation.

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Social Virtual Reality: Implementing Non-verbal Cues in Remote Synchronous Communication

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Framework to Enhance the Sense of Agency Using Affective Computing Technologies

Design of an Immersive Virtual Reality Framework to Enhance the Sense of Agency Using Affective Computing Technologies

Exploring Collaborative Design Behavior in Virtual Reality Based on Inter-Brain Synchrony

Nonverbal Communication in Immersive Virtual Reality through the Lens of Presence: A Critical Review

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