The effect of virtual reality control of a robotic surrogate on presence and social presence in comparison to telecommunications software

Mackey, Bethany Ann; Bremner, Paul A.; Giuliani, Manuel

Abstract

Telecommunication software is often used to tackle social isolation in those with restricted mobility, but lacks high-level interactions found in face-to-face conversation. This study investigated the use of an immersive control system for a robotic surrogate when compared to Skype. There was no significant difference between the presence and social presence felt between the two systems; however, Skype was found to be significantly easier to use. Future work will focus on identifying user requirements and further developing the control system.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
• Start Date: Mar 23, 2020
• End Date: Mar 26, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Apr 1, 2020
• Publication Date: Mar 23, 2020
• Deposit Date: Mar 3, 2022
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 349-351
• Book Title: Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '20 Companion)
• ISBN: 9781450370578
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3371382.3378268
• Keywords: virtual reality, presence, social presence, robotic surrogate, telecommunications, human-robot interaction
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9095348