Collaborative Virtual Environments and Transformed Social Interaction

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Collaborative Virtual Environments
andTransformed Social Interaction
Jeremy BailensonDepartment of CommunicationStanf
ord UniversityVirtual Human Interaction
Labhttp//vhil.stanford.edu
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Overview

• VR/CVE technology
• Theory of Transformed Social Interaction
• Empirical Results
• Applications

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Digital Immersive Virtual Environment Technology
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Collaborative Virtual Environment(CVE)
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CVE Advantages

• Bandwidth
• Presence/Immersion
• 3D Visualization/Stereo
• Transformed Social Interaction

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Transformed Social Interaction (TSI)
Actual Behavior
Strategic Filter
Transformed Behavior
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TSI Implicit Twins
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Example of TSI Implicit Twins
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TSI Team Face
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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)

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TSI Non-Zero-Sum Gaze
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TSI Nonverbal Chameleon
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TSI Multilateral Perspectives
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TSI Applications

• Distance Education
• Collaboration/Communication systems
• Training systems
• Sales

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• WorldViz
• Immersive virtual reality turnkey system
  solutions
• Specialized on universities researchers

Products
Vizard 2.17 software for creating real-time
interactivity in 3D worlds
PPT 1.2 optical precision position tracker
www.worldviz.com
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Thank you!Virtual Human Interaction
Labhttp//vhil.stanford.edu
Collaborators
Stanford Faculty Shanto Iyengar Cliff Nass
Stanford Undergraduates
Stanford Graduate Students/ Post Docs Nick
Yee Kayur Patel Robby Ratan Hunter Gehlbach
UCSB Faculty/ Post Docs Andy Beall Jim
Blascovich Jack Loomis Matthew Turk Rosanna
Guadagno
Megan MillerAndrew OrinNicole LundbladJulia
HuClaire CarlsonAaron SullivanBoyko
KakaradovHassan Adubu
Josh AinslieAdriean De La MoraJon ShihJaireh
TecarroSam WarburgKathryn Rickertsen Jerry Yu