Enhancing Job Interview Preparation Through Immersive Experiences Using Photorealistic, AI-powered Metahuman Avatars
<|reference_start|>Enhancing Job Interview Preparation Through Immersive Experiences Using Photorealistic, AI-powered Metahuman Avatars: This study will investigate the user experience while interacting with highly photorealistic virtual job interviewer avatars in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and on a 2D screen. Having a precise speech recognition mechanism, our virtual character performs a mock-up software engineering job interview to adequately immerse the user in a life-like scenario. To evaluate the efficiency of our system, we measure factors such as the provoked level of anxiety, social presence, self-esteem, and intrinsic motivation. This research is a work in progress with a prospective within-subject user study including approximately 40 participants. All users will engage with three job interview conditions (VR, AR, and desktop) and provide their feedback. Additionally, users' bio-physical responses will be collected using a biosensor to measure the level of anxiety during the job interview.<|reference_end|>
@article{ashrafi2024enhancing,
    title={Enhancing Job Interview Preparation Through Immersive Experiences Using
  Photorealistic, AI-powered Metahuman Avatars},
    author={Navid Ashrafi, Francesco Vona, Carina Ringsdorf, Christian Hertel,
  Luca Toni, Sarina Kailer, Alice Bartels, Tanja Kojic, Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.05131},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2410.05131},
    primaryClass={cs.HC}
}