The uncanny valley hypothesis, proposed already in the 1970s, suggests that almost but not
fully humanlike artificial characters will trigger a profound sense of unease. This hypothesis …

A person's emotions and state of mind are apparent in their face and eyes. As a Latin
proverb states:'The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers'. This presents a …

We present a framework for generating full-bodied photorealistic avatars that gesture
according to the conversational dynamics of a dyadic interaction. Given speech audio we …

Embodying virtual twins–photorealistic and personalized avatars–will soon be easily
achievable in consumer-grade VR. For the first time, we explored how photorealism and …

The uncanny valley (UV) effect is a negative affective reaction to human-looking artificial
entities. It hinders comfortable, trust-based interactions with android robots and virtual …

Nonverbal communication is an important part of human communication, including head
nodding, eye gaze, proximity and body orientation. Recent research has identified specific …

Numerous studies in social psychology have shown that familiarization across repeated
interactions improves people's perception of the other. If and how these findings relate to …

Virtual characters that appear almost photo-realistic have been shown to induce negative
responses from viewers in traditional media, such as film and video games. This effect …

In recent years, the quality of real-time rendering has reached new heights—realistic
reflections, physically based materials, and photometric lighting are all becoming …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of a realism mismatch in the voice and appearance of
a photorealistic virtual character in both immersive and screen-mediated virtual contexts …