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AvatarTransferPro: A tool for automatic transfer of realistic personalized avatars in networked social virtual reality

Year: 2024

Type: software-paper

Abstract: Social Virtual Reality (VR) applications can profit from the use of realistic personalized avatars which closely mimic a person’s physical appearance. While tools exist to create such avatars, their use in networked software additionally requires a setup to automatically distribute them to other computers for practical use. AvatarTransferPro is an open source tool to handle data processing in such a setup which can be implemented in a range of network solutions as an optional module with no changes required to underlying processing of avatar behavior. Implementing the tool results in personalized avatars being displayed correctly for all users even if they were not originally included in the software installation.

Source: SoftwareX

DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2024.101873

Author: Marius Rubo

Institution: University of Bern

Language: English

Topic: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $970

Funder: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung