| Presentation | 2021-06-02 Expressive Agent Responding to User's Smile for Amplifying Their Smile and Positive Emotion Shinji Iwata, Naoto Yoshida, Tomoko Yonezawa, Yu Enokibori, Kenji Mase, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | By utilizing facial mimicry phenomena and emotion contagion theories, we propose a concept of an interactive agent that amplifies smiles and improve emotional moods through the smile interactions with the user's facial expression. In this study, we prototype such a facial interaction agent and conduct an experiment to evaluate its effectiveness to facial expression change and emotional mood improvement of the subject through the interactions. As a result of the experiment, we found that the corner of subject's mouth was pulled up when the agent showed smiles according to the subject's smile in his/her positive mood. In addition, when he/she was in a negative mood, the negative emotion value decreased and the positive one increased after the interaction. As an experimental result, we got the possibility that the agent showing facial expression following to subject's smile can amplify the subject's smile and improve the mood. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | human agent interaction / facial mimicry / emotional contagion / emotional mood improvement |
| Paper # | MVE2021-6 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-05-25 (MVE) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | MVE / ITE-HI / VRSJ |
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| Conference Date | 2021/6/1(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Online |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | |
| Chair | Masayuki Ihara(RIKEN) / Tatsuya Yoshizawa(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) |
| Vice Chair | Kiyoshi Kiyokawa(NAIST) |
| Secretary | Kiyoshi Kiyokawa(Oosaka Inst. of Tech.) / (NTT) / (Univ. of ToKyo) |
| Assistant | Naoya Isoyama(NAIST) / Takenori Hara(DNP) / Mitsuhiro Goto(NTT) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / Technical Group on Human Information / The Virtual Reality Society of Japan |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Expressive Agent Responding to User's Smile for Amplifying Their Smile and Positive Emotion |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | human agent interaction |
| Keyword(2) | facial mimicry |
| Keyword(3) | emotional contagion |
| Keyword(4) | emotional mood improvement |
| 1st Author's Name | Shinji Iwata |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Naoto Yoshida |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Tomoko Yonezawa |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Kansai University(Kansai Univ.) |
| 4th Author's Name | Yu Enokibori |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| 5th Author's Name | Kenji Mase |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.) |
| Date | 2021-06-02 |
| Paper # | MVE2021-6 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.121 |
| Number (no) | MVE-53 |
| Page | pp.pp.31-36(MVE), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-05-25 (MVE) |