We investigated the effects of realism on acceptability of avatars for work meetings. Our survey of 2509 knowledge workers tested five levels of photorealism using animated GIFs. Avatar styles were rated for usage by: a manager, known colleague and unknown colleague. In all scenarios, we found that higher realism was favored; however fully realistic avatars were sometimes perceived as uncanny by participants. We segmented our results to uncover demographic and firmographic patterns in the survey responses. Lastly, we caveat our findings by evaluating open end responses to provide a qualitative evaluation of factors influencing avatar choices for work meetings. In conclusion, our findings suggest that photorealism is a key attribute in selecting work avatars. However, regional preferences and relationship with work colleagues using the avatar may also play a role. Exploration of other factors influencing work avatar selection is needed to further understand the implications of avatar use in the workplace.

翻译：我们研究了真实感对工作会议中虚拟形象可接受性的影响。我们对2509名知识工作者进行了调查，通过动画GIF测试了五级照片真实感水平。受访者对虚拟形象风格按使用场景进行了评分：由管理者、已知同事和未知同事使用时。在所有场景中，我们发现较高真实感的虚拟形象更受青睐；然而，完全真实的虚拟形象有时会被参与者视为恐怖谷效应中的诡异存在。我们对结果进行了细分，以揭示调查回答中的人口统计与公司统计模式。最后，我们通过评估开放式回答对研究结论加以限定，从而对影响工作会议虚拟形象选择的因素进行定性评估。结论表明，照片真实感是选择工作用虚拟形象的关键属性。然而，地域偏好以及与使用虚拟形象的同事之间的关系也可能产生影响。需进一步探索影响工作虚拟形象选择的其他因素，以深入理解虚拟形象在工作场所应用的意义。