TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Wellerdiek, Anna
A1  - Breidt, Martin
A1  - Geuss, Michael
A1  - Streuber, Stephan
A1  - Kloos, Uwe
A1  - Black, Michael
A1  - Mohler, Betty
T1  - Perception of strength and power of realistic male characters
T2  - Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception SAP 15, September 13 - 14, Tübingen, Germany
N2  - We investigated the influence of body shape and pose on the perception of physical strength and social power for male virtual characters. In the first experiment, participants judged the physical strength of varying body shapes, derived from a statistical 3D body model. Based on these ratings, we determined three body shapes (weak, average, and strong) and animated them with a set of power poses for the second experiment. Participants rated how strong or powerful they perceived virtual characters of varying body shapes that were displayed in different poses. Our results show that perception of physical strength was mainly driven by the shape of the body. However, the social attribute of power was influenced by an interaction between pose and shape. Specifically, the effect of pose on power ratings was greater for weak body shapes. These results demonstrate that a character with a weak shape can be perceived as more powerful when in a high-power pose.
KW  - human body character
KW  - human perception
KW  - 3D shape
KW  - power poses
KW  - strength and power
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 978-1-4503-3812-7
SB  - 978-1-4503-3812-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2804408.2804413
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1145/2804408.2804413
SP  - 7
EP  - 14
S1  - 8
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery
CY  - New York, NY
ER  -