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Determining the Characteristics of Preferred Virtual Faces Using an Avatar Generator

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Valentin Schwind,

Oliver KornAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '15: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 221 - 230

https://doi.org/10.1145/2793107.2793116

Published: 05 October 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Video game developers continuously increase the degree of details and realism in games to create more human-like characters. But increasing the human-likeness becomes a problem in regard to the Uncanny Valley phenomenon that predicts negative feelings of people towards artificial entities. We developed an avatar creation system to examine preferences towards parametrized faces and explore in regard to the Uncanny Valley phenomenon how people design faces that they like or reject. Based on the 3D model of the Caucasian average face, 420 participants generate 1341 faces of positively and negatively associated concepts of both gender. The results show that some characteristics associated with the Uncanny Valley are used to create villains or repulsive faces. Heroic faces get attractive features but are rarely and little stylized. A voluntarily designed face is very similar to the heroine. This indicates that there is a tendency of users to design feminine and attractive but still credible faces.

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Determining the Characteristics of Preferred Virtual Faces Using an Avatar Generator
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
  2. Law, social and behavioral sciences

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CHI PLAY '15: Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

October 2015

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ISBN:9781450334662

DOI:10.1145/2793107

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University College London, UK
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