We explored the relationship between interactants' social anxiety and the interactional
fidelity of virtual humans. We specifically addressed whether the contingent nonverbal …

To test whether synthetic emotions expressed by a virtual human elicit positive or negative
emotions in a human conversation partner and affect satisfaction towards the conversation …

Nonverbal behavior is considered critical for indicating intimacy and is important when
designing a social virtual agent such as a counselor. One key research question is how to …

We explored the association between users' social anxiety and the interactional fidelity of an
agent (also referred to as a virtual human), specifically addressing whether the contingency …

The purpose of this study was to examine social evaluations (ie, perceptions of empathy and
positivity) following peoples' interactions with digital human representations. Female …

When people are in emotional distress, they often seek support. Virtual humans may provide
unique and complementary benefits to human support provision, given that virtual humans …

This study explored associations between the five-factor personality traits of human subjects
and their feelings of rapport when they interacted with a virtual agent or real humans. The …

We introduce a novel technique for the study of human–virtual character interaction in
immersive virtual reality. The human participants verbally administered a standard …

Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs), wherein people can virtually interact with each
other via avatars, are becoming increasingly prominent. However, CVEs differ in type of …

This paper presents an experiment investigating the impact of behavior and responsiveness
on social responses to virtual humans in an immersive virtual environment (IVE). A number …