TY - GEN
T1 - Embodiment of an Avatar with Unnatural Arm Movements
AU - Hapuarachchi, Harin
AU - Ishimoto, Hiroki
AU - Sugimoto, Maki
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Kitazaki, Michiteru
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We developed an 'unnatural avatar' of which the lower arms could be bent in reversed/unnatural directions. Participants controlled the avatar in a virtual environment to perform reaching tasks. We measured their senses of body ownership and agency. Compared to a normal avatar, the embodiment towards the unnatural avatar was significantly lower. However, senses of body ownership and agency towards both avatars were higher when the avatar's movements were synchronized with the movements of the participants compared to when there was a delay of one second. These results suggest that visuo-motor synchrony induces embodiment even towards avatars with reversed/unnatural limb movements.
AB - We developed an 'unnatural avatar' of which the lower arms could be bent in reversed/unnatural directions. Participants controlled the avatar in a virtual environment to perform reaching tasks. We measured their senses of body ownership and agency. Compared to a normal avatar, the embodiment towards the unnatural avatar was significantly lower. However, senses of body ownership and agency towards both avatars were higher when the avatar's movements were synchronized with the movements of the participants compared to when there was a delay of one second. These results suggest that visuo-motor synchrony induces embodiment even towards avatars with reversed/unnatural limb movements.
KW - Human computer interaction (HCI)
KW - Human-centered computing
KW - Interaction paradigms
KW - Sense of embodiment
KW - Unnatural avatar
KW - Virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00163
DO - 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00163
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85146051546
T3 - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
SP - 772
EP - 773
BT - Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 21st IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2022
Y2 - 17 October 2022 through 21 October 2022
ER -