Computer agents versus avatars: Responses to interactive game characters controlled by a computer or other player

Lim, Sohye; Reeves, Byron

doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.09.008

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“…It can be expected that when an agent limits a person's freedom about an issue they are not involved in, reactance may be lower or not occur, but when a person's freedom is limited about an issue in which that person is strongly involved, they may experience stronger reactance. Several studies have investigated the effects of involvement towards human's psychophysiological responses in an interactive game (Lim & Reeves, 2009) like engagement level between gameplays with avatars or computer agents (Lim & Reeves, 2010) and persuasion (Johnson & Eagly, 1989;Oreg & Sverdlik, 2014). From those studies, it can be concluded that in high-involvement situations, the chances for successful persuasion activities are low, and that in such situations people may easily experience reactance.…”

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The influence of social cues in persuasive social robots on psychological reactance and compliance

Ghazali

Ham

Barakova

et al. 2018

Computers in Human Behavior

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A B S T R A C TPeople can react negatively to persuasive attempts experiencing reactance, which gives rise to negative feelings and thoughts and may reduce compliance. This research examines social responses towards persuasive social agents. We present a laboratory experiment which assessed reactance and compliance to persuasive attempts delivered by an artificial (non-robotic) social agent, a social robot with minimal social cues (human-like face with speech output and blinking eyes), and a social robot with enhanced social cues (human-like face with head movement, facial expression, affective intonation of speech output). Our results suggest that a social robot presenting more social cues will cause higher reactance and this effect is stronger when the user feels involved in the task at hand.

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The influence of social cues in persuasive social robots on psychological reactance and compliance

Ghazali

Ham

Barakova

et al. 2018

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…In addition, as Thomas & Brown (2009) point out, virtual worlds afford-and indeed, very often require us to engage in synchronous interaction with other individuals. This type of engagement results in characteristically heightened physiological responses and patterns of brain activation (Lim & Reeves, 2007;Chaminade et al, 2005). One of the advantages of using virtual worlds for learning or simulations is the ability to create an experience of engagement with the task, with the surroundings and with other participants that offers a greater potential for transferability of learning back to the real world.…”

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Virtual Environments Overview

Stucky¹,

Shaw²,

Ark³

2009

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Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Washington Headquarters Service, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and ABSTRACTThis report provides a research-based schema called "A Framework for Designing with Virtual World Technologies". It is shown how, by using this framework, virtual world technologies can be used to radically transform how intelligence analysts encounter data, frame their stories, and review their analyses with both their customers and other analysts. The report explores what analysts can accomplish by doing some of their work in environments that can be created in virtual world platforms. There is no reason why the proposed framework wouldn't be applicable to blended reality solutions in which virtual world applications and real world applications are tightly integrated, or in which elements of virtual world technologies are integrated into more traditional software tools. We are enthusiastic about the possibilities that virtual world technologies make available, yet we do not want to suggest that the current crop (circa 2008-2009) can live up to current hype. Accordingly, we discuss later in the report a number of considerations that need to be taken into account. We are enthusiastic about the possibilities that virtual world technologies make available, yet we do not want to suggest that the current crop (circa 2008-2009) can live up to current hype. Accordingly, we discuss later in the paper a number of considerations that need to be taken into account. Certainly we (the authors) have seen in our two years of experience in designing virtual world environments that substantial time and effort can be devoted to efforts that do not offer clear advantages over more conventional means. It is this experience that has led us to think about how to design virtual world environments and experiences in a more rigorous and principled manner. SUBJECT TERMSThe framework we provide in this paper, while certainly not the only one imaginable, is intended to accomplish three goals.First, it provides a scheme for how to take advantage of the technologies provided by virtual world platforms to leverage innate human cognitive and perceptual architecture and the genuine social interaction that emerges in these worlds. There is substantial (we would argue, enough) evidence based on existing research to suggest that we may be able to reduce cognitive load and make multi-user computermediated interaction more fluid and intuitive. While this is essential to any analyst inundated with data, it is particularly acute for the intelligence analyst, who ...

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“…Meanwhile, remotely controlled drones and drones that operate autonomously based on a fixed algorithm are related to the concepts of avatars and agents as discussed under the topic of human-computer interaction (HCI). According to the claims of several studies on HCI, the perceptions and evaluations of users vary between the use of avatars and agents [9][10][11][12].…”

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“…Depending on who controls these characters (a human versus the system), there can be different perceptions or service evaluations. Lim and Reeves [9] studied the engagement of avatars and agents, part of the game experience, and found that playing a game with avatars showed improved engagement over the use of agents. Concerning general interactions, Cauchard and her colleagues [14] studied the social evaluations during interactions with digital human representations and observed that there is a difference in social evaluations of avatar and agent environments when digital human representations were made to smile, one of the social cues of interaction.…”

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Effects of Human Connection through Social Drones and Perceived Safety

Kong

Biocca

Lee

et al. 2018

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

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This study investigates whether people perceive social drones differently depending on pilot type and perceived safety. A "drone campus tour guide" social drone service was examined to explore these values. This study involves a between-subjects experiment using two drone control types (human-driven and algorithm-driven) and two levels of perceived safety (low and high). The results demonstrate that the drone pilot type changes the service experience when the drone is flying in an unsafe manner. In the group where the drones were flown in an unsafe manner, participants exhibited higher levels of satisfaction with the algorithm-driven drone guide, while both types of drones received the same level of satisfaction when they were flown safely. The results have implications for understanding how expectations influence service evaluations in relation to human connection.

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Computer agents versus avatars: Responses to interactive game characters controlled by a computer or other player

Cited by 183 publications

References 25 publications

The influence of social cues in persuasive social robots on psychological reactance and compliance

The influence of social cues in persuasive social robots on psychological reactance and compliance

Virtual Environments Overview

Effects of Human Connection through Social Drones and Perceived Safety

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