Procedurals Exam Readings Experiments
Virtual Reality as a Communication Medium Define VR, discuss central concepts People interacting with virtual people Collaborative Virtual Environments
VR in Popular Culture
VR in the Real World Expensive Rare Clunky Poor Fidelity but… Getting Better!
What is VR? William Gibson: ‘consensual hallucination’ Jaron Lanier: ‘new post-symbolic paradigm" which circumvents representation with a direct experience’
Defining VR: Immersion/Presence Computer-generated environments that give the user the experience of being there
Defining VR: Immersion/Presence How do you define Presence?
Defining VR: Digital?
Defining VR: Tracking and Rendering
Defining VR: Virtual Human Representation
Immersive Virtual Environment Apparatus (HMD)
Immersive Virtual Environment Apparatus: CAVE
Haptics
Proxemics Studied extensively in the social sciences since 1950’s Do proxemic patterns hold true with virtual humans? Social Presence/Copresence
Sample Proxemics Task
Sample Data
Mutual Gaze Study: Task
Mutual Gaze Study: Conditions
Mutual Gaze Study: Results
Meters Minimum Distance (Virtual Human vs. Control Condition) Mutual Gaze Study: Results
Meters Minimum Distance (Gaze by Gender) Mutual Gaze Study: Results
Virtual Human Representation Study Independent Variables: –Subject Gender –Virtual Human Gender –Gaze (eyes closed vs. mutual gaze) –‘Soul’ (Agent/Avatar) Agents Avatars
Virtual Human Representation: Results Meters Minimum Distance
Approaching Virtual Human Study
Virtual Human Approach Results
Stranger Tutor Virtual Human Status/Politeness Effects
Collaborative Virtual Environments
Multiple people sharing virtual space “Co-presence”, “Tele-Presence”, “Social Presence” Perceptually convincing No true avatars Why not a videoconference?
CVE Apparatus: COCODEX
Police Lineups
Virtual Human Interaction Lab