Virtual Avatar Creation Support System for Novices with Gesture-Based Direct Manipulation and Perspective Switching

Junko Ichino, Kokoha Naruse

2023

Abstract

Given the increasing importance of virtual spaces as environments for self-expression, it is necessary to provide a method for users to create self-avatars as they wish. Most existing software that is used to create avatars require users to have knowledge of 3D modeling or to set various parameters such as leg lengths and sleeve lengths individually by moving sliders or through keyboard input, which are not intuitive and require time to learn. Thus, we propose a system that supports the creation of human-like avatars with intuitive operations in virtual spaces that is targeted at novices in avatar creation. The system is characterized by the following two points: (1) users can directly manipulate their own life-size self-avatars in virtual spaces using gestures and (2) users can switch between first-person and third-person perspectives. We conducted a preliminary user study using our prototype. The results indicate the basic effectiveness of the proposed system, demonstrating that substantial room for improvement remains in the guide objects that are used to manipulate the manipulable parts.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ichino J. and Naruse K. (2023). Virtual Avatar Creation Support System for Novices with Gesture-Based Direct Manipulation and Perspective Switching. In Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-634-7, SciTePress, pages 143-151. DOI: 10.5220/0011630800003417

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp23,
author={Junko Ichino and Kokoha Naruse},
title={Virtual Avatar Creation Support System for Novices with Gesture-Based Direct Manipulation and Perspective Switching},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP},
year={2023},
pages={143-151},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011630800003417},
isbn={978-989-758-634-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2023) - Volume 2: HUCAPP
TI - Virtual Avatar Creation Support System for Novices with Gesture-Based Direct Manipulation and Perspective Switching
SN - 978-989-758-634-7
AU - Ichino J.
AU - Naruse K.
PY - 2023
SP - 143
EP - 151
DO - 10.5220/0011630800003417
PB - SciTePress