The Koinos model: compelling social interactions in Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to provide qualitative social interactions. The literature explores the Social Presence and Co-presence notions, which we propose to pursue with the definition of the Koinos concept, to name the perceived quality of social interactions in a mediated environment. This definition derives from the Predictive Coding Theory and Qualia Theory, which takes into account an individual’s own subjective feelings. In a second time, we propose the Koinos model, which represents the dynamics of social interactions in VR, and can be used as a tool to predict the Koinos generated by a specific VR configuration. The model reflects the mediated message transmitted during social interactions in VR, taking into account the common ground between interlocutors.