Effects of Virtual Human Appearance Fidelity on Emotion Contagion in Affective Inter-Personal Simulations

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1326 - 1335
• Main Authors: Volonte, Matias, Babu, Sabarish V., Chaturvedi, Himanshu, Newsome, Nathan, Ebrahimi, Elham, Roy, Tania, Daily, Shaundra B., Fasolino, Tracy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Animation; Arousal; Artists; Atmospheric measurements; Charcoal; Computer Graphics; Electronic mail; Emotion Contagion; Emotional factors; Emotions; Emotions - physiology; Ergonomics; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Medical research; Mixed reality; Rendering (computer graphics); Signs and symptoms; Simulation; Solid modeling; Training; User-Computer Interface; Virtual humans; Virtual reality; Virtual/Digital Characters; Visual Fidelity; Visualization; Vital signs; User Studies; Emotion Contagion; Visual Fidelity; Virtual/Digital Characters; Psychology

Realistic versus stylized depictions of virtual humans in simulated inter-personal situations and their ability to elicit emotional responses in users has been an open question for artists and researchers alike. We empirically evaluated the effects of near visually realistic vs. non-realistic styliz...