Conference proceeding
Lessons Learned in Designing Racially Diverse Androgynous Avatars
2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), pp 763-764
16 Mar 2024
Abstract
As virtual reality technology evolves, avatars playa crucial role in user representation, yet options for gender-diverse individuals remain limited. The goal of this research was to develop 14 racially diverse androgynous avatars using the design guidelines recommended in prior work. However, a perceptual experiment involving 68 participants revealed unexpected results, as most avatars were per-ceived as predominantly masculine. Additionally, our results yielded discrepancies in perceived gender across different racial identities, as the same design process resulted in widely varying perceptions. Despite these challenges, our research highlights the importance of continued exploration to improve the creation of inclusive avatars.
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- Title
- Lessons Learned in Designing Racially Diverse Androgynous Avatars
- Creators
- Camille Isabella Protko - University of Central FloridaRyan P. McMahan - University of Central FloridaTiffany D. Do - University of Central FloridaIEEE COMPUTER SOC
- Publication Details
- 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), pp 763-764
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Computer Science (Computing)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001239375400172
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85195539284
- Other Identifier
- 991021916803804721
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- Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Science, Cybernetics
- Computer Science, Theory & Methods