TY - GEN
T1 - Investigating the Relation Between Gender Expression of Mixed Reality Avatars and Sexuality of Male Users
AU - Kundu, Anish
AU - Pai, Yun Suen
AU - Minamizawa, Kouta
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JST Moonshot RD Program “Cybernetic being” Project (Grant number JPMJMS2013).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Mixed reality environments are the next step in remote collaboration, yet there has been little attention towards avatar design for the en-joyability and efficiency of diverse users, particularly for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community. We believe that it is important to adapt the design of virtual avatars users collaborate with depending on not only the users gender but also their sexuality. In this study, we focus on examining the relationship between the sexual orientation of male users with the gender expression of virtual avatars, while they perform a collaborative task in mixed reality. We analyzed the perception of straight cisgender men and gay cisgender men in relation to the gender expression of the above mentioned agents and find differences that might affect design decisions for creating user-base specific avatars. We found that Female avatars tend to have a more positive perception when it comes to gay men. And for mixed reality, gay men also tend to have both negative and positive experiences more intensely than straight men.
AB - Mixed reality environments are the next step in remote collaboration, yet there has been little attention towards avatar design for the en-joyability and efficiency of diverse users, particularly for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) community. We believe that it is important to adapt the design of virtual avatars users collaborate with depending on not only the users gender but also their sexuality. In this study, we focus on examining the relationship between the sexual orientation of male users with the gender expression of virtual avatars, while they perform a collaborative task in mixed reality. We analyzed the perception of straight cisgender men and gay cisgender men in relation to the gender expression of the above mentioned agents and find differences that might affect design decisions for creating user-base specific avatars. We found that Female avatars tend to have a more positive perception when it comes to gay men. And for mixed reality, gay men also tend to have both negative and positive experiences more intensely than straight men.
KW - Collaborative Agents
KW - Gender
KW - Mixed Reality
KW - Sexual Orientation
KW - User-centred Design
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U2 - 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00189
DO - 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00189
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85146049427
T3 - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
SP - 881
EP - 884
BT - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
Y2 - 17 October 2022 through 21 October 2022
ER -