TY - GEN
T1 - A study on persuasive effect of preference of virtual agents
AU - Yoshii, Akihito
AU - Nakajima, Tatsuo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A virtual agent can have a graphical appearance and give users nonverbal information such as gestures and facial expressions. A computer system can construct intimate relationship with and credibility from users using virtual agents. Although related work have been discussing how to make users feel better about computers, a room for discussing effectiveness of letting users choose their favorite characters still exists. If a user's favorite agent is more believable than not favorite one for him/her, the computer system can construct better relationship with the user through an agent. In this paper, we have examined an effect of making user's favorite agent selectable on his/her behavior by conducting an experiment. We divided participants into four groups according to these conditions and ask them to have a conversation with an agent. As a result, we found a possibility of increasing credibility of an agent from users by letting them choose their favorite one.
AB - A virtual agent can have a graphical appearance and give users nonverbal information such as gestures and facial expressions. A computer system can construct intimate relationship with and credibility from users using virtual agents. Although related work have been discussing how to make users feel better about computers, a room for discussing effectiveness of letting users choose their favorite characters still exists. If a user's favorite agent is more believable than not favorite one for him/her, the computer system can construct better relationship with the user through an agent. In this paper, we have examined an effect of making user's favorite agent selectable on his/her behavior by conducting an experiment. We divided participants into four groups according to these conditions and ask them to have a conversation with an agent. As a result, we found a possibility of increasing credibility of an agent from users by letting them choose their favorite one.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-94-007-7262-56
DO - 10.1007/978-94-007-7262-56
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893753404
SN - 9789400772618
VL - 260 LNEE
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 47
EP - 55
BT - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
T2 - Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-Centric Computing, HumanCom and EMC 2013
Y2 - 23 August 2013 through 25 August 2013
ER -