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The Influence of Virtual Agents on Player Experience and Performance

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Katharina Emmerich,

Maic MasuchAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '16: Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 10 - 21

https://doi.org/10.1145/2967934.2968092

Published: 15 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

This paper contributes a systematic research approach as well as findings of an empirical study conducted to investigate the effect of virtual agents on task performance and player experience in digital games. As virtual agents are supposed to evoke social effects similar to real humans under certain conditions, the basic social phenomenon social facilitation is examined in a testbed game that was specifically developed to enable systematical variation of single impact factors of social facilitation. Independent variables were the presence of a virtual agent (present vs. not present) and the output device (ordinary monitor vs. head-mounted display). Results indicate social inhibition effects, but only for players using a head-mounted display. Additional potential impact factors and future research directions are discussed.

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The Influence of Virtual Agents on Player Experience and Performance
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications

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