オンラインコミュニケーションにおける場の盛り上がりを表現するアバタロボットの評価

抄録

Online communication can be realized even in remote areas by sending and receiving mutual images and voices in real time. However, in such online communication, it is difficult to share a sense of unity and interactive atmosphere because the monitor is perceived as a spatial boundary. Therefore, we developed an avatar robot that incorporates an estimation model which simulates the degree of activated interaction from the speaker’s speech. The developed avatar robot expresses an interactive atmosphere by changing its facial color based on the estimated value. In this study, we evaluated the avatar robot under the condition that the avatar robot acts as the remote talker. The effectiveness of this avatar robot was demonstrated by sensory evaluations.