Social Virtual Reality (social VR or SVR) provides digital spaces for diverse human activities,
social interactions, and embodied face-to-face encounters. While our digital bodies in SVR …

Due to recent advances in virtual reality (VR) technology, the development of immersive VR
applications that track body motions and visualize a full-body avatar is attracting increasing …

This study presents the second phase of a series of experiments investigating the impact of
avatar visual fidelity on the sense of embodiment and users' behavior in immersive virtual …

There are a variety of ways in which the similarity of an avatar to its user has been achieved.
In addition to the characteristics of an avatar, the source of the design can also impact the …

Experimental psychology research typically employs methods that greatly simplify the real-
world conditions within which cognition occurs. This approach has been successful for …

Robotic avatars and telepresence technology enable people with disabilities to engage in
physical work. Despite the recent popularity of the metaverse, few studies have explored the …

Current 3D capture and modeling technology can rapidly generate highly photo‐realistic 3D
avatars of human subjects. However, while the avatars look like their human counterparts …

We demonstrate a system that can generate a photorealistic, interactive 3D character from a
human subject that is capable of movement, emotion, speech and gesture in less than 20 …

A crucial aspect of virtual gaming experiences is the avatar: the player's virtual self-
representation. While research has demonstrated benefits to using self-similar avatars in …

While some theoretical perspectives imply that the context of a virtual training should be
customized to match the intended context where those skills would ultimately be applied …