Virtual Reality

Mitigating Response Delays in Free-Form Conversations with LLM-powered Intelligent Virtual Agents
We investigated the challenges of mitigating response delays in free-form conversations with virtual agents powered by Large Language …
Mykola Maslych, Mohammadreza Katebi, Christopher Lee, Yahya Hmaiti, Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei, Christian Pumarada, Janneese Palmer, Esteban Segarra Martinez, Marco Emporio, Warren Snipes, Ryan P. McMahan, Joseph J. Laviola Jr
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Takeaways from Applying LLM Capabilities to Multiple Conversational Avatars in a VR Pilot Study
We present a virtual reality (VR) environment featuring conversational avatars powered by a locally-deployed LLM, integrated with …
Mykola Maslych, Christian Pumarada, Amirpouya Ghasemaghaei, Joseph J. Laviola Jr
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An Exploration of The Effects of Head-Centric Rest Frames On Egocentric Distance Judgments in VR
Rest Frames (RFs) are static visual frames of reference in the user’s VR field of view. They were shown to contribute to minimizing sensory mismatch, helping with stability, focus, and reducing cybersickness. In this work we found that some RFs help with distance judgement, improving task performance in VR.
Yahya Hmaiti, Mykola Maslych, Eugene M. Taranta, Joseph J. Laviola Jr
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An Exploration of The Effects of Head-Centric Rest Frames On Egocentric Distance Judgments in VR