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Effects of Anthropomorphic Conversational Interface for Smart Home: An Experimental Study on the Voice and Chatting Interactions  

Hong, Eunji (연세대학교 정보대학원 UX전공)
Cho, Kwangsu (연세대학교 정보대학원 UX전공)
Choi, Junho (연세대학교 정보대학원 UX전공)
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Journal of the HCI Society of Korea / v.12, no.1, 2017 , pp. 15-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
Applying the concept and components of human nature to the conversational agent in the smart home context, this study investigated the effects of the level of anthropomorphism and interaction type on the emotional user experiences and future use intention. The results of experiment study showed that the high-low condition of anthropomorphism and the voice-chatting interaction type have impacts on the perceived closeness, likability, and future use intention. That is, people evaluate the conversational agent as more close, likable, and useful when they perceive more human nature components and when in the voice interaction mode. Psychological resistance was lower in the voice than in the chatting mode regardless of the level of anthropomorphism. The results also demonstrated an interaction effect of anthropomorphism and interaction type on the future use intention: the effect of anthropomorphism existed only in the voice interaction mode. It leads to the conclusion that a conversational agent with the voice recognition interface should be designed with the higher level of human nature components for the continuous use.
Keywords
Smart Home; Anthropomorphism; Voice Recognition; Conversational Agent; UX;
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