Title
Cross-Cultural Evaluations of Avatar Facial Expressions Designed by Western Designers
Abstract
The goal of the study is to investigate cultural differences in avatar expression evaluation and apply findings from psychological study in human facial expression recognition. Our previous study using Japanese designed avatars showed there are cultural differences in interpreting avatar facial expressions, and the psychological theory that suggests physical proximity affects facial expression recognition accuracy is also applicable to avatar facial expressions. This paper summarizes the early results of the successive experiment that uses western designed avatars. We observed tendencies of cultural differences in avatar facial expression interpretation in western designed avatars.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/978-3-540-85483-8_25
IVA
Keywords
Field
DocType
western designers,psychological study,avatar facial expression interpretation,previous study,cross-cultural evaluations,facial expression,avatar facial expression,psychological theory,avatar expression evaluation,facial expression recognition accuracy,cultural difference,avatar facial,human facial expression recognition,character,cross culture
Social psychology,Cross culture,Facial expression recognition,Communication,Network communication,Psychology,Cross-cultural,Cultural diversity,Facial expression,Psychological Theory,Avatar,Multimedia
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5208
0302-9743
10
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.04
7
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tomoko Koda17915.64
Matthias Rehm215721.98
Elisabeth André33634433.65