The influence of virtual character actions and emotional expressions on trust in autonomous vehicles
Abstract
A study with 36 participants examines how a virtual character’s actions and emotional expressions affect trust, situational awareness, and acceptance in a simulated autonomous vehicle. Actions had a stronger influence on trust than emotions alone, while participants preferred the combined action-and-emotion character.
Type
Publication
Virtual Reality, 30, Article 77
Video
Thi Thanh Hoa Tran
PhD Student in Virtual Reality
Etienne Peillard
Associate Professor
My research focuses on perception and embodied interaction in Virtual and Augmented Reality, including augmented affordances, body perception, and human-system cooperation in immersive environments.
James Walsh
Enterprise Fellow
Guillaume Moreau
Dean for Research and Innovation of IMT Atlantique
