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1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Study on Electronic KANSEI in Cyberspace Communication

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09838019
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 感性工学
Research InstitutionKYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Principal Investigator

YOSHIDA Atsuya  Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Associate Professor, 繊維学部, 助教授 (50191573)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1999
KeywordsCyberspace / Electronic KANSEI / communication / behavior / distance / human-interface / 3dcg / Habitat
Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to observe and analyze the cyberspace communications mediated by Electronic-KANSEI. We defined the Electronic-KANSEI as intuitive expressions and recognitions of emotion, sensation, inter-personal relationships and/or contextual element of social environments. It is considered that Electronic-KANSEI is transmitted by texts and images displayed on the computer screen. Three virtual worlds in the visualized cyberspace were observed. These were "Fujitsu Habitat II", "J-chat" and "Worlds Away". These three systems are known as the "virtual chat". The users of the virtual chat operate graphical "avatars" that represent their existences and characteristics online. Analysis was carried out with respect to the distances between avatars (avatar distance), the body shapes of avatars, the genders and their conversion of avatars, the body colors of avatars, the head shapes and the colors of avatars. We obtained the results that the most frequent distance between avatars was 75pixels on the display when the average density of avatars was low, while it was 55pixels when the average density of avatars was high. Furthermore, we found that the avatar distances were different in the body part that faced the opponents. These results indicate that the avatar distances were not layout acts of users, but the spacing between human-like avatars. The users' selections of shapes and colors of avatar bodies and heads were also investigated. It was found that some kinds of shapes and colors were selected. The results suggest the current tendency in the virtual world where the users prefer the "ordinary", "general", "slim" and "light" sense and way. We discussed these results and suggestions from the human science point of view.

  • Research Products

    (13 results)

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All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "「教室」としてのバーチャルクラスルーム"教育システム情報学会誌. 15(4). 265-269 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "WWWを利用したバーチャルクラスルームにおけるテレビ講座型学習とテキスト型学習について"教育システム情報学会研究報告. 98(5). 35-40 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "コミュニティネットワークにおけるヒューマンインタフェースの課題"第1回コミュニティネットワークシンポジウム予稿論文集. 25-30 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "ビジュアルなサイバースペースにおける代理身体間の距離について"筑波大学感性評価構造モデル構築特別プロジェクト研究報告集「感性評価」. 2. 35-40 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "生活の中のメディアとインターフェース"筑波大学感性評価構造モデル構築特別プロジェクト第5回研究会予稿集. 7-12 (1999)

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "ビジュアルなサイバースペースにおける代理身体の顔・体型・カラーリングについて"筑波大学感性評価構造モデル構築特別プロジェクト研究報告集「感性評価」. 3. ((印刷中))

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  • [Publications] 吉田敦也: "心理学辞典(中島義明編)"有斐閣. 1086 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida and Takeshi Shimomura: "Virtual classroom as a place for educational interactions"Transactions of JSISE. Vol.15, No.4 (in Japanese). 265-269 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida and Takeshi Shimomura: "Comparison of the effect of TV-watching style of learning and text-reading style of learning"Research reports of JSISE. Vol.98, No.5 (in Japanese). 35-40 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida: "On the human interface of community network"Proceedings of 1ィイD1stィエD1 symposium on community network. (in Japanese). 25-30 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida: "Distance between avatars in visualized cyberspace"Kansei-Hyoka. 2 (in Japanese). 35-40 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida: "Media and interface in the ordinary life"Research Reports of Kansei-Hyoka. (in Japanese). 7-12 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Atsuya Yoshida: "Shape and color of avatars in visualized cyberspace"Kansei-Hyoka. 3 (in Japanese) (in press).

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Published: 2001-10-23  

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