Investigating the Non-verbal Behavior Features of Bullying for the Development of an Automatic Recognition System in Social Virtual Reality

Fiani, C. and Marsella, S. (2022) Investigating the Non-verbal Behavior Features of Bullying for the Development of an Automatic Recognition System in Social Virtual Reality. In: 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2022), Rome, Italy, 06-10 Jun 2022, ISBN 9781450397193 (doi: 10.1145/3531073.3534492)

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Abstract

We look at the possibilities of automatically detecting social discomfort and social anxiety via non-verbal behaviours in social Virtual Reality (VR). This is important because a well-developed automatic recognition system could facilitate interventions and moderation in social VR without requiring real-time parental supervision. To initially explore this question of recognition, we prototyped a small set of 3D stimuli representing a bullying scenario and explored in a small formative preliminary study what human observers perceived from the stimuli. Future work is required with different problematic situations in social VR and evaluations with more participants before developing an automatic recognition system.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Marsella, Professor Stacy and Fiani, Cristina
Authors: Fiani, C., and Marsella, S.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Science and Engineering
Journal Name:Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
Publisher:ACM
ISBN:9781450397193
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2022 The Authors
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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