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Sex Differences in User Acceptance of Avatars

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Constructing Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2011)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 277))

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This presentation discusses some explorative observations on sex differences in user acceptance of Avatars. Elderly adults evaluated a male and a female avatar. Subjects were required to watch non verbal emotional and interactive expressions of these avatars. After the video the subjects were asked to which avatar they felt more connected and which avatar they would choose as their personal coach. Elderly men felt more connected to the woman coach and preferred the female coach and elderly women felt more connected to the male coach and preferred the male coach. The observations are discussed by differences in the perceived para-social relationship of the users with each of the avatars.

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  1. Department of Social Sciences, VUA University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Leo Versteeg & Peter H. M. P. Roelofsma

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  1. Leo Versteeg
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  1. Fraunhofer-Institut Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Fraunhoferstr. 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  2. Technical University Darmstadt, Hochschulstr. 10, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    Kristof Van Laerhoven

  3. Philips Research, High Tech Campus 34 (5.058), 5656 AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Jean Gelissen

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Versteeg, L., Roelofsma, P.H.M.P. (2012). Sex Differences in User Acceptance of Avatars. In: Wichert, R., Van Laerhoven, K., Gelissen, J. (eds) Constructing Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31479-7_31

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