Nonverbal synchrony in virtual reality

Nonverbal Synchrony in Psychotherapy

Generating Nonverbal Indicators of Deception in Virtual Reality Training

Old Dominion University (ODU) has been performing research in the area of training using virtual environments. The research involves both computer controlled agents and human participants taking part in a peacekeeping scenario whereby various skills-based tasks are trained and evaluated in a virtual environment. The scenario used is a checkpoint operation in a typical third world urban area. Th...

Nonverbal synchrony and affect in dyadic interactions

In an experiment on dyadic social interaction, we invited participants to verbal interactions in cooperative, competitive, and 'fun task' conditions. We focused on the link between interactants' affectivity and their nonverbal synchrony, and explored which further variables contributed to affectivity: interactants' personality traits, sex, and the prescribed interaction tasks. Nonverbal synchro...

Partitionable Virtual Synchrony Using Extended Virtual Synchrony

View-oriented group communication systems (GCSs) are powerful tools for building distributed applications. Over the past fifteen years, group communication researchers developed a multitude of group communication semantics and implementations. Today, researchers commonly design their group communication algorithms on top of simple existing services such as a network membership service or a reli...

Application of Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies in Medicine

Background and Aim: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are immersive technologies that integrate virtual and real-world elements. These technologies have been used to help and improve human capabilities in many fields. Virtual and augmented systems are used in various medical situations. They are effective options in most stages of patient treatment and performing medical procedures. Therefo...