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This presentation discusses some explorative observations on sex differences in user acceptance of Avatars. Elderly adults evaluated a male and a female avatar. Subjects were required to watch non verbal emotional and interactive expressions of these avatars. After the video the subjects were asked to which avatar they felt more connected and which avatar they would choose as their personal coach. Elderly men felt more connected to the woman coach and preferred the female coach and elderly women felt more connected to the male coach and preferred the male coach. The observations are discussed by differences in the perceived para-social relationship of the users with each of the avatars.
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Versteeg, L., Roelofsma, P.H.M.P. (2012). Sex Differences in User Acceptance of Avatars. In: Wichert, R., Van Laerhoven, K., Gelissen, J. (eds) Constructing Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31479-7_31
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