Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial …

Recently, we have seen an emergence of affordable Head Mounted Displays (HMD) such
as the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and the PS4 Project Morpheus which allow users to …

How do violent videogames, as entertainment products, communicate violence in the
context of warfare and in other settings? Also, why do users enjoy virtual violence? The …

With the improvement of intelligent systems and robotics, social robots are becoming part of
our society. To accomplish complex tasks, robots and humans may need to collaborate, and …

Inspired by the widely recognized idea that in VR/XR, not only presence but also
encountered plausibility is relevant (Slater, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 2009, 364 (1535), 3549 …

Artificial Intelligence techniques are increasingly being used to develop smart training
applications for professionals in various domains. This paper presents an intelligent training …

The use of virtual reality (VR) to simulate confrontational human behaviour has significant
potential for use in training, where the recreation of uncomfortable feelings may help users …

Though educators often deal with stressful social conflicts, many face them ad hoc without
much training. We studied if and how virtual agents can help University staff manage student …

Conversational agents (CAs) equipped with human-like features (eg, name, avatar) have
been reported to induce the perception of humanness and social presence in users, which …

Artificial Intelligence (AI) changed our world in various ways. People start to interact with a
variety of intelligent systems frequently. As the interaction between human and AI systems …