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Users' reactions toward an on-screen agent appearing on different media

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We experimentally investigated users' reactions toward an on-screen agent appearing on three different types of media: a 42-inch television, 17-inch display, and 4.5-inch mobile PC. Specifically, we observed whether the users accepted the agent's invitation to a Shiritori game while they were engaged in given tasks. The results showed that most participants who received the invitation from the on-screen agent appearing on a 4.5-inch mobile PC accepted the agent's invitation, while most participants did not accept the invitation from the agent appearing on the other two formats. Therefore, the mobile PC appears to be an appropriate media for an on-screen agent that is required for interaction with users.

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    HRI '10: Proceedings of the 5th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
    March 2010
    400 pages
    ISBN:9781424448937

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    1. media terminals
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