Table 3.

Overview of the selected platforms considering custom avatar creation

#	Platform	Custom Avatar	Likability		Eeriness		Human Likeness		Resemblance
			$\overline{x}$	SD	$\overline{x}$	SD	$\overline{x}$	SD	$\overline{x}$	SD
(b1)	BigScreen	Angela Merkel	2.23	1.35	4.15	2.06	2.92	1.53	1.73	1.25
(b2)	BigScreen	Barack Obama	2.61	1.38	3.70	2.10	2.94	1.57	1.70	1.32
(c1)	RecRoom	Angela Merkel	3.66	1.70	2.93	1.83	3.56	2.05	3.78	2.59
(c2)	RecRoom	Barack Obama	3.62	1.68	2.89	1.82	3.72	1.99	3.38	2.36
(d1)	Altspace	Angela Merkel	3.81	1.64	2.77	1.68	4.67	1.87	3.59	2.37
(d2)	Altspace	Barack Obama	4.05	1.48	2.60	1.50	4.57	1.98	2.07	1.34
(e1)	vTime	Angela Merkel	2.26	1.28	4.56	1.94	4.11	2.15	3.39	2.21
(e2)	vTime	Barack Obama	3.48	1.51	3.66	1.71	4.88	1.87	5.29	2.35

Eeriness and likability were measured on a scale from 1–7; human likeness on a Scale from 1–9; resemblance (not to total) on a scale from 1–10. No. # shows the avatar label as listed in Fig. 4