Talk to the virtual hands: self-animated avatars improve communication in head-mounted display virtual environments.

BACKGROUND: When we talk to one another face-to-face, body gestures accompany our speech. Motion tracking technology enables us to include body gestures in avatar-mediated communication, by mapping one's movements onto one's own 3D avatar in real time, so the avatar is self-animated. We co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trevor J Dodds, Betty J Mohler, Heinrich H Bülthoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3192118?pdf=render