A Virtual Reality Adaptive Exergame for the Enhancement of Physical Rehabilitation Using Social Facilitation

Najm, Ali; Michael-Grigoriou, Despina; Kyrlitsias, Christos; Christofi, Maria; Hadjipanayi, Christos; Sokratous, Dimitris

doi:10.2312/egve.20201269

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“…The virtual agents who, through the use of artificial intelligence, have the capability of engaging in humanlike conversations are referred to as conversational agents (Yildirim, 2021). In some examples, agents are used to help, guide, encourage, and motivate the patient, replacing the human therapist (Bălan et al, 2020), while sometimes replacing patients in training scenarios for doctors and therapists (Lok et al, 2006;Rizzo and Talbot, 2016), or motivating other patients (Najm et al, 2020). Agents are used as healthcare assistants (Kim et al, 2019) to support registered healthcare professionals in conducting clinical tasks and providing care to the patients.…”

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Social Interaction With Agents and Avatars in Immersive Virtual Environments: A Survey

Kyrlitsias

Michael-Grigoriou

2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Immersive virtual reality technologies are used in a wide range of fields such as training, education, health, and research. Many of these applications include virtual humans that are classified into avatars and agents. An overview of the applications and the advantages of immersive virtual reality and virtual humans is presented in this survey, as well as the basic concepts and terminology. To be effective, many virtual reality applications require that the users perceive and react socially to the virtual humans in a realistic manner. Numerous studies show that people can react socially to virtual humans; however, this is not always the case. This survey provides an overview of the main findings regarding the factors affecting the social interaction with virtual humans within immersive virtual environments. Finally, this survey highlights the need for further research that can lead to a better understanding of human–virtual human interaction.

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