Evaluation of the appearance of avatars in an always-on communications system

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  • 常時接続型コミュニケーションシステムにおけるアバタデザインの評価(福祉工学および一般)
  • 常時接続型コミュニケーションシステムにおけるアバタデザインの評価
  • ジョウジ セツゾクガタ コミュニケーション システム ニ オケル アバタ デザイン ノ ヒョウカ

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We have developed an always-on communications system for long-term-hospitalized children and for elderly people living on their own. Through its three-dimensional cyberspace and video-conference facilities, this system provides an integrated communications environment for children and elderly people. This paper is a report on this always-on communications system and on experiments carried out to evaluate communications space it provides. In concrete terms, we compared "face-to-face" communication by long-term-hospitalized children via avatars with the following two kinds of appearance : (1) a composite of a human figure and video images of the user ; and (2) an imaginary character. The result of the experiment suggested certain effects of the avatar's appearance on communications mediated by the system.

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  • ITE Technical Report

    ITE Technical Report 26.55 (0), 33-38, 2002

    The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers

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