Grant: Canada Research Chairs
York University
$200,000.00
Reality Research
FY 2023-24
Summary
Video-based telecommunication technology such as Skype and similar applications augments traditional telephony with significant visual information. However, the Skype experience is still not comparable to real face-to-face communication. Why is that so?
Building on his extensive research on people perception and making sophisticated usage of virtual reality technology, Troje studies dyadic communication along a continuum of display conditions that span from classic video communication to a true face-to-face encounter. He will identify sensory cues and information channels causing these differences and will investigate how they affect social behaviour. Results will inform the design of efficient videoconferencing systems that mediate real face-to-face experience.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
CRC-2018-00317
Name nom
Troje, Nikolaus
Department département
Biology - York University
Organization id
38
Institution établissement
York University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
200000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
DISCOVERY RESEARCH
Group fr
RECHERCHE AXÉE SUR LA DÉCOUVERTE
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF10610
Field of research list names en
Zoology
Field of research list names fr
Zoologie
Application title
Reality Research
Keyword
Visual perception
virtual reality
behavioural sciences
biological motion
psychophysics
face recognition
people perception
neuroethology
computational vision.
Application summary
Video-based telecommunication technology such as Skype and similar applications augments traditional telephony with significant visual information. However, the Skype experience is still not comparable to real face-to-face communication. Why is that so?
Building on his extensive research on people perception and making sophisticated usage of virtual reality technology, Troje studies dyadic communication along a continuum of display conditions that span from classic video communication to a true face-to-face encounter. He will identify sensory cues and information channels causing these differences and will investigate how they affect social behaviour. Results will inform the design of efficient videoconferencing systems that mediate real face-to-face experience.
