Who’s Watching Me?: Exploring the Impact of Audience Familiarity on Player Performance, Experience, and Exertion in Virtual Reality Exergames

Guo, Zixuan and Xu, Wenge and Zhang, Jialin and Wang, Hongyu and Lo, Cheng-Hung and Liang, Hai-Ning (2023) Who’s Watching Me?: Exploring the Impact of Audience Familiarity on Player Performance, Experience, and Exertion in Virtual Reality Exergames. In: 2023 International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 16th - 20th October 2023, Sydney, Australia.

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Abstract

Familiarity with audiences plays a significant role in shaping individual performance and experience across various activities in everyday life. This study delves into the impact of familiarity with non-playable character (NPC) audiences on player performance and experience in virtual reality (VR) exergames. By manipulating of NPC appearance (face and body shape) and voice familiarity, we explored their effect on game performance, experience, and exertion. The findings reveal that familiar NPC audiences have a positive impact on performance, creating a more enjoyable gaming experience, and leading players to perceive less exertion. Moreover, individuals with higher levels of self-consciousness exhibit heightened sensitivity to the familiarity with NPC audiences. Our results shed light on the role of familiar NPC audiences in enhancing player experiences and provide insights for designing more engaging and personalized VR exergame environments.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Identification Number:	10.1109/ISMAR59233.2023.00077
Dates:	Date Event 18 August 2023 Accepted 4 December 2023 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sensitivity, Shape, Virtual environments, Atmosphere, Games, Organizations, Faces
Subjects:	CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-01 - computer science CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-02 - information technology CAH11 - computing > CAH11-01 - computing > CAH11-01-06 - computer games and animation
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Computing
Depositing User:	Wenge Xu
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2023 14:47
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2024 11:32
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14692

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