Intelligent autonomous agents and trust in virtual reality

Intelligent autonomous agents (IAA) are proliferating and rapidly evolving due to the exponential growth in computational power recent advances, for instance, artificial intelligence research. Ranging from chatbots, over personal virtual assistants medical decision-aiding systems, self-driving or self-piloting whether unbeknownst users not, IAA increasingly integrated into many aspects of daily life. Despite this technological development, people remain skeptical such agents. Conversely, others might have excessive confidence them. Therefore, establishing an appropriate level trust is crucial successful deployment everyday contexts. Virtual Reality (VR) another domain where play a significant role, yet its experiential immersive character particularly allows new ways interaction tackling trust-related issues. In article, we provide overview numerous factors involved between IAA, spanning scientific disciplines as diverse psychology, philosophy, sociology, computer science, economics. Focusing on VR, discuss different types definitions identify foundational classified three interrelated dimensions: Human-Technology, Human-System, Interpersonal. Based taxonomy, open issues research agenda towards facilitating study trustful collaboration VR settings. • Research agent spans disciplines. A dedicated model captures intelligent Reality. has Interpersonal dimension. set guidelines help ensure comparability