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Public Speaking Training with Interactive Virtual Audiences

Towards Narrative-Driven Atmosphere for Virtual Classroom

We propose the integration of interactive narrative techniques for audience atmosphere generation in Virtual Reality (VR) training systems. Such a combination provides a number of advantages when compared with current atmosphere generation techniques …

Influence of individual differences when training public speaking with virtual audiences

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 …

Perception of virtual audiences

A growing body of evidence shows that virtual audiences are a valuable tool in the treatment of social anxiety, and recent works show that it also a useful in public-speaking training programs. However, little research has focused on how such …

Racing heart and sweaty palms: What influences users' self-assessments and physiological signals when interacting with virtual audiences?

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 …

Native vs. Non-native language fluency implications on multimodal interaction for interpersonal skills training

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 …

Manipulating the perception of virtual audiences using crowdsourced behaviors

Virtual audiences are used for training public speaking and mitigating anxiety related to it. However, research has been scarce on studying how virtual audiences are perceived and which non-verbal behaviors should be used to make such an audience …

Public speaking training with a multimodal interactive virtual audience framework

We have developed an interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training. Users' public speaking behavior is automatically analyzed using multimodal sensors, and multimodal feedback is produced by virtual characters and generic visual …

Exploring feedback strategies to improve public speaking: An interactive virtual audience framework

Good public speaking skills convey strong and effective communication, which is critical in many professions and used in everyday life. The ability to speak publicly requires a lot of training and practice. Recent technological developments enable …

An interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training

We have developed an interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training. Users' public speaking behavior is automatically analyzed using audiovisual sensors. The virtual characters display indirect feedback depending on user's …