Outputs (2)

Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction (2015)
Journal Article
Li, J., Kizilcec, R., Bailenson, J., & Ju, W. (2016). Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction. Computers in Human Behavior, 55, 1222-1230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.005

One emerging convention in video lectures is to show presentation slides with an inset video of the instructor’s head. Substituting a robot or a digital agent for the video of the instructor could radically decrease production time and cost; thus, th... Read More about Social robots and virtual agents as lecturers for video instruction.

The benefit of being physically present: A survey of experimental works comparing copresent robots, telepresent robots and virtual agents (2015)
Journal Article
Li, J. (2015). The benefit of being physically present: A survey of experimental works comparing copresent robots, telepresent robots and virtual agents. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 77, 23-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.01.0

The effects of physical embodiment and physical presence were explored through a survey of 33 experimental works comparing how people interacted with physical robots and virtual agents. A qualitative assessment of the direction of quantitative effect... Read More about The benefit of being physically present: A survey of experimental works comparing copresent robots, telepresent robots and virtual agents.