AN EVALUATION OF AVATAR-DESIGN FOR COMMUNICATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CYBER SPACE: AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES AS EVIDENCED BY GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN
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Accession number;07A0187194
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| Title;AN EVALUATION OF AVATAR-DESIGN FOR COMMUNICATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL CYBER SPACE: AGE AND GENDER DIFFERENCES AS EVIDENCED BY GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN |
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INOUE MASAYUKI
(Ntt Corp., Kanagawa, Jpn)
MOCHIZUKI TAKAYOSHI
(Ntt Resonant Inc., Tokyo, Jpn)
TSUBOI TOSHIAKI
(Ntt It Corp., Kanagawa, Jpn)
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Journal Title;IEIC Technical Report (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
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Journal Code:S0532B
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ISSN:0913-5685
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VOL.106;NO.448(IE2006 138-184);PAGE.113-118(2007)
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| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;We developed the e-Life Amenity System to provide amenities to children. This papers describes the results of evaluations of the system. They show that grade school children preferred avatars that had facial images ('face-type') when the communication partner was a member of the family. When the partner was not a member of the family, they preferred avatars without facial images, i.e. avatars with a character or cartoon features ('chara-type'). In two discernible trends, boys selected 'face-type' avatars when the communication partner was a member of the family, while girls selected 'chara-type' avatars when the communication partner was not a member of the family. Furthermore, junior grade children or girls preferred simple 2D (Two-Dimensional) facial images to avatars having 2D block heads with facial images when the communication partner was a member of the family. (author abst.) |
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