Multimodal interaction technologies have enabled new applications for training interpersonal skills such as public speaking. Various training paradigms have been proposed, most of them relying on some form of graphical feedback provided to the …
In psychotherapy, virtual audiences have been shown to promote successful outcomes when used to help treating public speaking anxiety. Additionally, early experiments have shown its potential to help improve public speaking ability. However, it is …
An important aspect of public speaking is delivery, which consists of the appropriate use of non-verbal cues to strengthen the message. Recent works have successfully predicted ratings of public speaking delivery aspects using the entire …
New technological developments in the field of multimodal interaction show great promise for the improvement and assessment of public speaking skills. However, it is unclear how the experience of non-native speakers interacting with such …
Virtual audiences have been used in psychotherapy for the treatment of public speaking anxiety, and recent studies show promising results with patients undergoing cognitive-behavior therapy with virtual reality exposure maintaining a reduction in …
The ability to efficiently speak in public is an essential asset for many professions and is used in everyday life. As such, tools enabling the improvement of public speaking performance and the assessment and mitigation of anxiety related to public …