How Avatar Style and Perspective Affect Your VR Experience

This study explores how avatar realism (from abstract to realistic) and perspective (first-person vs. third-person) affect Virtual Reality experiences. Key findings suggest that first-person perspective enhances task efficiency but may reduce task accuracy, while third-person perspective improves spatial awareness. The "uncanny valley" effect is more prominent in third-person views, influencing user performance. Guidelines are provided for optimizing VR setups based on task requirements and avatar realism.

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Abstract and 1 Introduction

2 Related Work and 2.1 Virtual avatars

2.2 Point cloud visualization

3 Test Design and 3.1 Setup

3.2 User Representations

3.3 Methodology

3.4 Virtual Environment and 3.5 Tasks Description

3.6 Questionnaires and 3.7 Participants

4 Results and Discussion, and 4.1 User preferences

4.2 Task performance

4.3 Discussion

5 Conclusions and References

5 CONCLUSIONS

The use of ...