[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of social presence: Definition, antecedents, and implications

CS Oh, JN Bailenson, GF Welch - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Social presence, or the feeling of being there with a “real” person, is a crucial component of
interactions that take place in virtual reality. This paper reviews the concept, antecedents …

Survey of conversational agents in health

JLZ Montenegro, CA da Costa… - Expert Systems with …, 2019 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the world and the relationships among humans as
the learning capabilities of machines have allowed for a new means of communication …

Does a digital assistant need a body? The influence of visual embodiment and social behavior on the perception of intelligent virtual agents in AR

K Kim, L Boelling, S Haesler… - … on Mixed and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are becoming part of our everyday life, thanks to artificial
intelligence technology and Internet of Things devices. For example, users can control their …

A systematic survey of 15 years of user studies published in the intelligent virtual agents conference

N Norouzi, K Kim, J Hochreiter, M Lee… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
The field of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) has evolved immensely over the past 15 years,
introducing new application opportunities in areas such as training, health care, and virtual …

Effects of virtual agent and object representation on experiencing exhibited artifacts

S Schmidt, G Bruder, F Steinicke - Computers & Graphics, 2019 - Elsevier
With the emergence of speech-controlled virtual agents (VAs) in consumer devices such as
Amazon's Echo or Apple's HomePod, we have seen a large public interest in related …

Exploring the effects of observed physicality conflicts on real-virtual human interaction in augmented reality

K Kim, G Bruder, G Welch - Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Augmented reality (AR) enables the illusion of computer-generated virtual objects and
humans co-existing with us in the real world. Virtual humans (VHs) in AR can further induce …

Key changes to improve social presence of a virtual health assistant promoting colorectal cancer screening informed by a technology acceptance model

MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, MS Zalake… - BMC medical informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding how older, minoritized patients attend to cues when interacting
with web-based health messages may provide opportunities to improve engagement with …

[HTML][HTML] The physical-virtual patient simulator: a physical human form with virtual appearance and behavior

S Daher, J Hochreiter, R Schubert… - Simulation in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Methods We describe the implementation of the technology, technical testing with
healthcare experts, and an institutional review board–approved pilot experiment involving …

A comparison of speaking up behavior during conflict with real and virtual humans

A Robb, C White, A Cordar, A Wendling… - Computers in Human …, 2015 - Elsevier
Breakdowns in team communication are a common source of error. Unfortunately, even
when errors are identified, team members may not speak up about the error, often out of fear …

Blowing in the wind: Increasing copresence with a virtual human via airflow influence in augmented reality

K Kim, G Bruder, GF Welch - … on artificial reality and telexistence and …, 2018 - par.nsf.gov
In a social context where two or more interlocutors interact with each other in the same
space, one's sense of copresence with the others is an important factor for the quality of …