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A Virtual Training Tool for Giving Talks

A Virtual Training Tool for Giving Talks

  • Oswald D. Kothgassner19,
  • Anna Felnhofer19,
  • Leon Beutl20,
  • Helmut Hlavacs20,
  • Mario Lehenbauer19 &
  • …
  • Birgit Stetina21 
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Abstract

In this paper we present two studies concerning the application of a virtual environment for public speaking anxiety. We have created a program simulating a virtual lecture room, which can be filled with a large number of listeners behaving in different ways. The purpose of the scene is to train people who are anxious to give talks in front of a large audience. We present the results of two studies, showing the impact of this kind of virtual exposure. Results indicate that people do experience such a situation as realistic, as well as report social insecurity and show heightened psychophysiological arousal (HR). Furthermore, we show that especially curious people, and people with high social insecurity rate the system as useful.

Keywords

  • Virtual Reality
  • Social Anxiety
  • Virtual Environment
  • Social Phobia
  • Technology Acceptance Model

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  1. Faculty of Psychology, Working Group Clinical Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5/3, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Oswald D. Kothgassner, Anna Felnhofer & Mario Lehenbauer

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, Research Group Entertainment Computing, University of Vienna, Lenaugasse 2/8, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Leon Beutl & Helmut Hlavacs

  3. Faculty of Psychology, Webster University Vienna Campus, Berchtoldgasse 1, 1220, Vienna, Austria

    Birgit Stetina

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  1. Technologie-Zentrum Informatik und Informationstechik (TZI), Universität Bremen, Postfach 33 04 40, 28334, Bremen, Germany

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  2. Digital Media, TZI, University of Bremen, Germany

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  3. Abteilung für Informatik und angewandte Kognitionswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Forsthausweg 2, 47057, Duisburg, Germany

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Kothgassner, O.D., Felnhofer, A., Beutl, L., Hlavacs, H., Lehenbauer, M., Stetina, B. (2012). A Virtual Training Tool for Giving Talks. In: Herrlich, M., Malaka, R., Masuch, M. (eds) Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2012. ICEC 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7522. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_5

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