Measuring Interpersonal Trust towards Virtual Humans with a Virtual Maze Paradigm

Virtual humans, including virtual agents and avatars, play an increasingly important role as VR technology advances. For example, virtual humans are used as digital bodies of users in social VR or as interfaces for AI assistants in online financing. Interpersonal trust is an essential prerequisite i...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - PP(2023) vom: 22. Feb.
1. Verfasser: Lin, Jinghuai (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Cronje, Johrine, Kathner, Ivo, Pauli, Paul, Latoschik, Marc Erich
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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