Essays about: "Proxemics"

Found 5 essays containing the word Proxemics.

  1. 1. Investigating proxemics between avatars in virtual reality

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Xu Han; [2019]
    Keywords : Proxemics; Personal Space; Virtual Reality; Mediated Interaction; ;

    Abstract : Virtual reality (VR) is being used in a large variety of areas nowadays. To take advantage of VR systems and use them as the substitutions of the physical world in social research, it is necessary to verify that results from experiments in virtual environments are coherent with those expected in the real world. READ MORE

  3. 2. Comparing Human-Robot Proxemics between Virtual Reality and the Real World

    University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID

    Author : Rui Li; [2018]
    Keywords : Human-Robot Interaction; Virtual Reality; Human-Computer Interaction; Space Perception; Spatial Sound;

    Abstract : Virtual Reality (VR) is gaining more and more popularity as a research tool in the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). To fully deploy the potential of VR and benefit HRI studies, we need to establish the basic understanding of the relationship between the physical, real-world interaction (Live) and VR. READ MORE

  4. 3. Seeing Beyond Words : Animals teach us about our natural ability to lead

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Ronja Wagenknecht; [2018]
    Keywords : Nonverbal Communication; Proxemics; Leadership; Animal Behavior; Dominance; Mating Behavior;

    Abstract : Nonverbal communication in leadership is a phenomenon which is interesting to get a greater understanding of. Animals only communicate nonverbally and have strong leadership behaviours. READ MORE

  5. 4. Human-Telepresence Robot Proxemics Interaction : An ethnographic approach to non-verbal communication

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människa-datorinteraktion

    Author : GiHoon Bang; [2018]
    Keywords : Human-Robot Interaction; Telepresence Robot; Social Robotics; Proxemics; Proxemics Interaction; Embodied Interaction; Perception Design;

    Abstract : This research aims to find distinct and crucial factors needed in order to design a better robot through exploring the meaning of movement. The researcher conducted six-weeks of iterative work to collect data via an ethnographic method. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Pound of Flesh But No Jot of Blood: Maintaining relationships with devices as they migrate onto and into our bodies

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sarah Homewood; [2015]
    Keywords : Performance; Interaction Design; Wearable Technology; Post-Phenomenology; Proxemics; Amoebic Self Theory;

    Abstract : Despite a strong commercial trend towards wearable technology, this thesis considers the distal devices that have played an important role in our lives for over twenty years. Suggesting that the distance we have had between our bodies and our devices has given us the space to form meaningful relationships; the research explores how these relationships change when our devices migrate onto and into our bodies in the form of wearable technologies. READ MORE