Small Group Experiments in Collaborative Virtual Environments
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چکیده
Presence in Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) can be classified into personal presence and co-presence. Personal presence is having a feeling of “being there” in the CVE yourself. Co-presence is having a feeling that one is in the same place as the other participants, and that one is collaborating with real people. In this paper we present two experiments designed to investigate some of the factors affecting personal presence and co-presence in Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs). The first experiment investigates the effects of group collaboration and interaction on presence and copresence in a CVE. The second experiment investigates the effects of avatar appearance and functionality (in terms of simple gestures and facial expressions) on co-presence in the CVE.
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