2022-05-04: Increasing Social Presence with Interactive Virtual Agents in eXtended Reality
Title:
Increasing Social Presence with Interactive Virtual Agents in eXtended Reality
Speaker:
Kangsoo Kim, Ph.D. ([email protected])
Department of Electrical and Software Engineering
Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary
Abstract:
Dr. Kim’s research focuses on improving user experience and enhancing human abilities in XR through socially engaging and intelligent virtual agent interactions, from the perspective of interdisciplinary human-centered computing research. In this talk, he will present his efforts and achievements on increasing the sense of social presence with of a virtual agent. His method particularly leveraged the agent’s visual embodiment and the physically coherent and plausible behaviors to achieve the effects. Multiple user studies conducted for the past years support the positive influence of such an interactive embodied virtual agent on user experience and perception as an effective user interface. He will also discuss the implications of the research while illustrating different application scenarios.
Speaker’s short bio:
Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary. After completing his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Central Florida (2018), he was a postdoctoral researcher at the same institute with an appointment in the Institute for Simulation and Training and the College of Nursing (2019–2020), and at the University of Delaware (2021). His research interests broadly cover pervasive context-aware XR systems and intelligent social interactions in XR. His research has been published in top-tier conferences and journals, including IEEE TVCG, IEEE ISMAR, IEEE VR, and ACM IVA, achieving multiple Best Paper Awards. More details are at https://www.kangsookim.com
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