Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression

Yuki Kato; Maki Sugimoto; Masahiro Inami; Michiteru Kitazaki

doi:10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00189

Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression

Yuki Kato, Maki Sugimoto, Masahiro Inami, Michiteru Kitazaki

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Abstract

Pseudo physical touch is used for communications in virtual environments such as VRChat. We aimed to test if the pseudo-touch communication affects social impression in a virtual environment. Nineteen participants performed the controlled experiment with a partner who was an experimenter with three types of communications: no touch, pseudo touch, and actual touch. Subjective ratings of attractiveness and the communication easiness with the partner increased in all conditions, suggesting that the communication in virtual environments improves interpersonal attraction and communicability either with or without physical or pseudo touch.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	613-614
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738113678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00189
Publication status	Published - 2021 Mar
Event	2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021 - Virtual, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 2021 Mar 27 → 2021 Apr 3

Publication series

Name	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Virtual, Lisbon
Period	21/3/27 → 21/4/3

Keywords

Communication
Interpersonal impression
Pseudo touch

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Media Technology
Modelling and Simulation

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Kato, Y., Sugimoto, M., Inami, M., & Kitazaki, M. (2021). Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression. In Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021 (pp. 613-614). Article 9419354 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00189

Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression. / Kato, Yuki; Sugimoto, Maki; Inami, Masahiro et al.
Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 613-614 9419354 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kato, Y, Sugimoto, M, Inami, M & Kitazaki, M 2021, Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression. in Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021., 9419354, Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 613-614, 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021, Virtual, Lisbon, Portugal, 21/3/27. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00189

Kato Y, Sugimoto M, Inami M, Kitazaki M. Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression. In Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 613-614. 9419354. (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021). doi: 10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00189

Kato, Yuki ; Sugimoto, Maki ; Inami, Masahiro et al. / Communications in virtual environment improve interpersonal impression. Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 613-614 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021).

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