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The Impostor is Among Us: Can Large Language Models Capture the Complexity of Human Personas?
Large Language Models (LLMs) created new opportunities for generating personas, expected to streamline and accelerate the …
Christopher Lazik, Christopher Katins, Charlotte Kauter, Jonas Jakob, Caroline Jay, Lars Grunske, Thomas Kosch
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Public Perceptions on Psychological and Social Impacts of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies have gained prominence in scientific and industrial contexts over the last …
Christopher Katins, Christopher Lazik, Pascal Knierim, Karola Marky, Thomas Kosch
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Ad-Blocked Reality: Evaluating User Perceptions of Content Blocking Concepts Using Extended Reality
Inspired by the concepts of diminishing reality and ad-blocking in browsers, this study investigates the perceived benefits and …
Christopher Katins, Jannis Strecker, Jan Hinrichs, Pascal Knierim, Bastian Pfleging, Thomas Kosch
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MIRAGE: Mixed Reality Alerts for Guarding Against Environmental Fall Hazards
This study investigates the effectiveness of Mixed Reality (MR) warnings for fall hazards, focusing on user perception and the impact …
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Ground Control: Leveraging the User's Spatial Position as an Input Modality in an Embodied Immersive Analysis Use Case
Extended Reality (XR) has already enabled sophisticated implementations of immersive visualizations, providing a more intuitive and …
Christopher Katins, Thorben Grodon, Thomas Kosch
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Assessing User Apprehensions About Mixed Reality Artifacts and Applications: The Mixed Reality Concerns (MRC) Questionnaire
Current research in Mixed Reality (MR) presents a wide range of novel use cases for blending virtual elements with the real world. This …
Christopher Katins, Paweł W. Woźniak, Aodi Chen, Ihsan Tumay, Luu Viet Trinh Le, John Uschold, Thomas Kosch
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Evaluating Interactive AI: Understanding and Controlling Placebo Effects in Human-AI Interaction
In the medical field, patients often experience tangible benefits from treatments they expect will improve their condition, even if the …
Steeven Villa, Robin Welsch, Alena Denisova, Thomas Kosch
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Improving Electromyographic Muscle Response Times through Visual and Tactile Prior Stimulation in Virtual Reality
Electromyography (EMG) enables hands-free interactions by detecting muscle activity at different human body locations. Previous studies …
Jessica Sehrt, Leonardo Ferreira, Karsten Weyers, Amir Mahmood, Thomas Kosch, Valentin Schwind
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Intelligent Music Interfaces: When Interactive Assistance and Adaptive Augmentation Meet Musical Instruments
The interactive augmentation of musical instruments to foster self- expression and learning has a rich history. Over the past decades, …
Thomas Kosch, Andreas Weiß, Jordan Aiko Deja, Snehesh Shrestha, Matthias Hoppe, Andrii Matviienko, Karola Marky
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"AI enhances our performance, I have no doubt this one will do the same": The Placebo Effect Is Robust to Negative Descriptions of AI
Heightened AI expectations facilitate performance in human-AI interactions through placebo effects. While lowering expectations to …
Agnes M. Kloft, Robin Welsch, Thomas Kosch, Steeven Villa
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