Effects of pseudo physical touch on interpersonal impression and communication: a study with survey methods

• Kato Yuki

  Toyohashi University of Technology

• Nagamachi Kazuya

  Toyohashi University of Technology

• Sugimoto Maki

  Keio University

• Inami Masahiko

  The University of Tokyo

• Kitazaki Michiteru

  Toyohashi University of Technology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• VRChatにおける疑似身体接触が好感度とコミュニケーション難易度に及ぼす効果に関する調査研究

Abstract

Pseudo physical contact is used for communication in virtual environments such as VRChat. We hypothesized that the pseudo physical contact could affect interpersonal impression and communication, and the interpersonal impression would be modulated by appearance of body or avatar type. To test these hypotheses, we performed a questionnaire survey for VRChat users (N=341). In results, interpersonal impression and communication difficulty were improved after the pseudo physical contact, but the avatar type did not modulate the interpersonal impression. These results suggest that the pseudo physical contact could improve the interpersonal impression and communication in virtual environments.

Journal

• Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan

  Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan 26 (1), 22-31, 2021

  THE VIRTUAL REALITY SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Keywords

• Pseudo touch
• communication
• interpersonal impression
• survey method
• babiniku

Details

• CRID: 1390850490582489600
• NII Article ID: 130008014093
• DOI: 10.18974/tvrsj.26.1_22
• ISSN: 24239593
• ISSN: 1344011X
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed