Avatar creation has become common for people to participate and interact in virtual worlds.
Using an online survey (N= 244), we investigated both the behavioral characteristics and …

This research aims to examine the psychology and behavior of users when customizing
avatars from the standpoint of user experience and to provide constructive contributions to …

The study's objective was to examine the effects of gender, personality traits, and self-views
on self-representation through avatars. The importance users attach to self-attributes was …

Virtual learning companions, such as avatars, have shown significant potential in assisting
learners—particularly in the Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) condition. Since there …

Virtual environments and digital games are being increasingly used as educational tools in
current education settings. For the past few decades there were tremendous amount of …

In this paper, we present a novel telepresence system, which consists of audio, video,
haptic, and kinetic modules. The haptic and kinetic modules allow us to explore mediated …

The intellectual demands of the 21st century require more advanced skills. Students,
workers, and citizens must be able to solve multifaceted problems. Learning to solve …

Although education has always been present in people's lives, it has changed over time.
Centuries ago children had a tutor to guide them in learning the arts of science, philosophy …

Two 3D-learning environments in SecondLife and OpenSim have been developed as part of
a grant project called TYMMI-Technology and Pedagogical Models in Immersive Worlds …

In this work we identify a missing research direction for uncanny valley in virtual fitting. Many
empirical works demonstrate the positive relationship between customer perception and …