collaborative virtual environments and transformed social interaction jeremy bailenson department of...

Collaborative Virtual Environments and

Transformed Social Interaction

Jeremy BailensonDepartment of Communication

Stanford University

Virtual Human Interaction Labhttp://vhil.stanford.edu

Overview

• VR/CVE technology

• Theory of Transformed Social Interaction

• Empirical Results

• Applications

Digital Immersive Virtual Environment Technology

Collaborative Virtual Environment(CVE)

CVE Advantages

• Bandwidth

• Presence/Immersion

• 3D Visualization/Stereo

• Transformed Social Interaction

Transformed Social Interaction (TSI)

ActualBehavior

StrategicFilter

TransformedBehavior

TSI: Implicit Twins

Example of TSI: Implicit Twins

TSI: Team Face

TSI: Non-Zero-Sum Gaze

• Gaze is powerful:

– Learning (Sherwood, 1987)

– Persuasion (Morton, 1980)

– Physiological Arousal (Wellens, 1987)

– Shaping the structure of a conversation (Kendon, 1987; Argyle, 1988)

TSI: Non-Zero-Sum Gaze

TSI: Nonverbal Chameleon

TSI: Multilateral Perspectives

TSI Applications

• Distance Education

• Collaboration/Communication systems

• Training systems

• Sales

WorldVizWorldViz• Immersive virtual reality turnkey system solutions

• Specialized on universities & researchers

ProductsVizard 2.17 software for creating real-time interactivity in 3D worlds

PPT 1.2 optical precision position tracker

www.worldviz.com

Collaborators

Megan MillerAndrew OrinNicole LundbladJulia HuClaire CarlsonAaron SullivanBoyko KakaradovHassan Adubu

Stanford Graduate Students/Post Docs

Nick YeeKayur PatelRobby RatanHunter Gehlbach

Stanford Faculty

Shanto IyengarCliff Nass

UCSB Faculty/Post Docs

Andy BeallJim BlascovichJack Loomis Matthew Turk

Rosanna Guadagno

Thank you!

Virtual Human Interaction Labhttp://vhil.stanford.edu

Josh AinslieAdriean De La MoraJon ShihJaireh TecarroSam WarburgKathryn RickertsenJerry Yu

Stanford Undergraduates