Avatar Type, Self-Congruence, and Presence in Virtual Reality

Tianqi Huang; Yue Li; Hai Ning Liang

doi:10.1145/3629606.3629614

Avatar Type, Self-Congruence, and Presence in Virtual Reality

Tianqi Huang
, Yue Li^*
, Hai Ning Liang

^*Corresponding author for this work

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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12 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Avatars serve as users' virtual identities and hold a significant role in shaping the user experience within the realm of Virtual Reality (VR). The appearance of individual avatars and the perceived self-congruence within the environment are likely to influence users' perceived presence in VR. In this paper, we present a study that investigates four types of avatars in VR: anime, human, animal, and item. Participants were asked to choose an avatar before entering a virtual environment (classroom, gallery, café, street, and forest) populated with avatars of different types and to evaluate their perceived self-congruence within the environment and the perceived presence. Our study results showed no significant difference in presence when users use different avatars. However, there is a correlation between users' perceived self-congruence and social presence. We discuss the findings and provide suggestions for the future use of avatars in VR.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI
Subtitle of host publication	Generative, Reflective, Envisioning, Chinese CHI 2023
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	61-72
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400716454
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3629606.3629614
Publication status	Published - 13 Nov 2023
Event	11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI, Chinese CHI 2023 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 13 Nov 2023 → 16 Nov 2023

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI, Chinese CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	13/11/23 → 16/11/23

Keywords

presence
self-congruence
social presence
virtual avatar
virtual reality

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Huang, T, Li, Y & Liang, HN 2023, Avatar Type, Self-Congruence, and Presence in Virtual Reality. in Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI: Generative, Reflective, Envisioning, Chinese CHI 2023. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 61-72, 11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI, Chinese CHI 2023, Bali, Indonesia, 13/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3629606.3629614

Avatar Type, Self-Congruence, and Presence in Virtual Reality. / Huang, Tianqi; Li, Yue; Liang, Hai Ning.
Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium of Chinese CHI: Generative, Reflective, Envisioning, Chinese CHI 2023. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 61-72 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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