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Detecting Leadership Opportunities in Group Discussions Using Off-the-Shelf VR Headsets
Chenghao Gu1, Jiadong Chen1, Jiayi Zhang1
1Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.
Abstract:
The absence of some forms of non-verbal communication in virtual reality (VR) can make VR-based group discussions difficult even when a leader is assigned to each group to facilitate discussions. In this paper, we discuss if the sensor data from off-the-shelf VR devices can be used to detect opportunities for facilitating engaging discussions and support leaders in VR-based group discussions. To this end, we focus on the detection of suppressed speaking intention in VR-based group discussions by using personalized and general models. Our extensive analysis of experimental data reveals some factors that should be considered to enable effective feedback to leaders. In particular, our results show the benefits of combining the sensor data from leaders and low-engagement participants, and the usefulness of specific HMD sensor features.

