Show some respect! The impact of technological factors on the treatment of virtual humans in conversational training systems

Author

Johnsen, Kyle ; Rossen, Brent ; Beck, Diane ; Lok, Benjamin ; Lind, D. Scott

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 March 2010

Firstpage

275

Lastpage

276

Abstract

Understanding the human-computer interface factors that influence users´ behavior with virtual humans will enable more effective human-virtual human encounters. This paper presents evidence of a significant relationship between behavioral indicators of respect by users and virtual reality technology factors. Moreover, we found this evidence in an application domain where respect for others is fundamentally important, health professional education.

Keywords

biomedical education; computer based training; human computer interaction; virtual reality; conversational training systems; health professional education; human computer interface; human-virtual human treatment; user behavior; virtual reality; Biomedical engineering; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Computer science education; Humans; Large screen displays; Medical treatment; TV; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Virtual humans; display comparison; embodied agents; immersive virtual environments; medical education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality Conference (VR), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waltham, MA

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6237-7

Electronic_ISBN

1087-8270

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2010.5444769

Filename

5444769