Title:
You're Doing it Wrong: You Need to Compare Apples to Oranges
Published:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 15 March 2022
From the article:
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers argue in a new paper that previous tests of virtual reality versus social robots for cognitive training compare apples to apples when they really need to be comparing apples to oranges.
"Until now, most studies compared a physical robot to a virtual reality robot, so it was no surprise that the participants overwhelmingly favored the physical robot. However, to truly assess their effectiveness, a socially adaptive robot needs to be compared to immersive virtual reality," explains lead researcher Prof. Shelly Levy-Tzedek.