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VirtualWave (VW) is an abstracted avatar in which human head motion is simplified as the rhythmic motion of a wave to clarify an essential interaction and communication. By using 3VWs, the embodies virtual face-to-face communication system is developed for three human interaction analysis by synthesis. The system provides networked virtual communication environment in which three remote talkers can share embodied interaction by observing their interaction of VWs including themselves in the same virtual space. The effectiveness of the system is demonstrated in 7 groups, 3 talkers per group by the sensory evaluation of the remote communication experiment as the roles of a speaker and the other two listeners.
