Exploring Influence of Social Anxiety on Embodied Face Perception during Affective Social Interactions in VR
Authors: Kuleli, D., Charles, F., Guo, L., Vuillier, L., Liu, C.H., Gregory, N. and He, X.
Conference: 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA)
Dates: 16-19 September 2024
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40137/
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Exploring Influence of Social Anxiety on Embodied Face Perception during Affective Social Interactions in VR
Authors: Kuleli, D., Charles, F., Guo, L., Vuillier, L., Liu, C.H., Gregory, N. and He, X.
Conference: 24th ACM Internationcal Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA)
Abstract:Our research studies early face-body perception of socially anxious individuals during social interaction with a virtual agent (VA) in VR using EEG. VAs’ expressiveness is manipulated during social interactions through their facial animations portraying realistic positive/negative/neutral expressions. Facial expressions of the VAs are recorded using real-time facial animation performance capture and pre-validated. Wearing an HMD, tactile-based VR controllers and a mobile EEG system, participants will interact with individual VAs in a virtual office setting (an employee meeting their employer with a handshake), a scenario known to generate anxiety. Behavioural, physiological, and EEG data will be analysed to reveal the effect of emotional valence on early face-body perception during social interactions. This study provides a framework for synchronised multimodal data recording and analysis.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/40137/
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