Analysis of the Effects of Appearances of Avatars on User's Self-evaluation of Extroversion

Tomoko Koda, Ryosuke Oguri

2019

Abstract

Proteus effect is known as a phenomenon in which the personality and behavior of an individual, within online virtual worlds, is changed by the appearances of their avatar. This paper reports whether Proteus effect is applicable to accompanying avatars with whom a user's avatar interacts in a virtual world. The results indicated that Proteus effect was applicable to those who perceived the avatar was their alter-ego, while those who did not was not affected by the appearance of the avatar. The results suggest the importance of considering avatar’s and agent’s appearances and user’s personality in serious games, online virtual worlds, and avatar-mediated online communications.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Koda T. and Oguri R. (2019). Analysis of the Effects of Appearances of Avatars on User's Self-evaluation of Extroversion.In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-350-6, pages 232-237. DOI: 10.5220/0007483502320237

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart19,
author={Tomoko Koda and Ryosuke Oguri},
title={Analysis of the Effects of Appearances of Avatars on User's Self-evaluation of Extroversion},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2019},
pages={232-237},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007483502320237},
isbn={978-989-758-350-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Analysis of the Effects of Appearances of Avatars on User's Self-evaluation of Extroversion
SN - 978-989-758-350-6
AU - Koda T.
AU - Oguri R.
PY - 2019
SP - 232
EP - 237
DO - 10.5220/0007483502320237