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Author(s): | Freitas, A. Santos, F. Santana, P. |
Editor: | K. Blashki Y. Xiao L. Rodrigues |
Date: | 2023 |
Title: | Application of graphical representations from video games to amplify co-presence in group visits to virtual houses |
Book title/volume: | Proceedings of the International Conferences on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2023 |
Pages: | 123 - 132 |
Event title: | Computer Graphics, Visualization, Computer Vision and Image Processing 2023 |
Reference: | Freitas, A., Santos, F., & Santana, P. (2023). Application of graphical representations from video games to amplify co-presence in group visits to virtual houses. Em K. Blashki, Y. Xiao, & L. Rodrigues (Eds.). Proceedings of the International Conferences on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction 2023 (pp. 123-132). IADIS Press. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/31206 |
ISBN: | 978-989-8704-49-8 |
Abstract: | In real life, the ability that people have of observing the elements of their surrounding space contributes for the sense of presence and social co-presence in that physical space. Digital avatars are often the employed means for providing a similar sense of co-presence in virtual environments. Digital avatars of the users and other co-presence amplification strategies (e.g., co-presence inducing graphical representations) have been extensively studied and employed in multi-player videogames. This paper studies the application of some these strategies to amplify the senseofco-presence of people in virtual group house visits, which is an application scenario with value for real estate industry and participatory design in architecture. For this purpose, a Unity-based collaborative virtual environment was implemented and tested in a user study with 33 participants. The obtained results show that the implemented strategies enrich the sense of co-presence in the virtual environment and trigger interesting collaborative interactions. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | ISTAR-CRI - Comunicações a conferências internacionais |
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