Investigating the impacts of avatar gender, avatar age, and region theme on avatar physical activity in the virtual world

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• 作者：Yulei (Gavin) Zhang^a ; ^{yulei.zhang@nau.edu} ; Yan (Mandy) Dang^a ; ^{yan.dang@nau.edu} ; Susan A. Brown^b ; ^{suebrown@eller.arizona.edu} ; Hsinchun Chen^b ; ^{hchen@eller.arizona.edu}
• 关键词：Virtual worlds ; Avatar gender ; Avatar age ; Region theme ; Avatar physical activity ; Second life
• 刊名：Computers in Human Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：68
• 期：Complete
• 页码：378-387
• 全文大小：380 K
• 卷排序：68

文摘

Impacts of avatar gender, age, and region theme on physical activity were examined. Large-scale data from real virtual-world residents in Second Life were collected. In general, male avatars were more physically active than female avatars. In general, young avatars were more physically active than old avatars. Avatars were more physically active in shopping-related than help-related regions.