Investigating the impacts of avatar gender, avatar age, and region theme on avatar physical activity in the virtual world
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Highlights：
• Impacts of avatar gender, age, and region theme on physical activity were examined.
• Large-scale data from real virtual-world residents in Second Life were collected.
• In general, male avatars were more physically active than female avatars.
• In general, young avatars were more physically active than old avatars.
• Avatars were more physically active in shopping-related than help-related regions.
摘要
•Impacts of avatar gender, age, and region theme on physical activity were examined.•Large-scale data from real virtual-world residents in Second Life were collected.•In general, male avatars were more physically active than female avatars.•In general, young avatars were more physically active than old avatars.•Avatars were more physically active in shopping-related than help-related regions.
论文关键词：Virtual worlds,Avatar gender,Avatar age,Region theme,Avatar physical activity,Second life
论文评审过程：Received 27 June 2016, Revised 23 November 2016, Accepted 25 November 2016, Available online 6 December 2016, Version of Record 6 December 2016.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.052
