The Influence of Avatar Personalization on Emotions in VR

In this paper, we investigate the impact of avatar personalization on perceived emotions. Avatar embodiment is a crucial aspect collaborative and social virtual reality (VR) systems. Previous research found that appearance impacts acceptability body changes users’ behavior. While has been extensively investigated, know very little about how affects experienced user study (N = 40), applied an autobiographical recall method to evoke happiness investigated influence different types (personalized same-gender, personalized opposite-gender, non-personalized opposite-gender) participants’ emotion. We recorded both self-reported assessments physiological data observe emotional responses resulting from emotions elicited by use avatars. significant differences in with same-gender opposite-gender avatar. provide empirical evidence, demonstrating VR. conclude recommendations for users designers experiences.