Evaluate the impact of identity visual indicators on trust in social VR

Closed Human-Computer Interaction Bachelor Master Project Thesis No Affiliation

Background

In this project, you will evaluate how different identity visual indicators influence social VR users to trust others’ avatar, using tasks such as a Virtual Maze and an Investment Game. This project aims to utilise a validated paradigm for measuring trust in VR and investigate the usability of visual indicators in identity management.

Tasks

The project will focus on the following tasks:

• Literature research
• Modify of existing programs/paradigm for the proposed research topic
• Execute of a user study to to measure trust using the paradigm
• Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of study results
• Derivation of design options and further development

Prerequisites

• Experience in Unity development
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
• High interest in virtual reality and state of the art research

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