Avatar anthropomorphism and illusion of body ownership in VR

Lugrin, Jean-Luc; Latt, Johanna; Latoschik, Marc Erich

doi:10.1109/vr.2015.7223379

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“…Immersive technologies not only allow us to experience such a "feeling of being there" [16], but also increase our ability to emphasize our virtual self-representation. We can embody our avatar to a remarkable degree, which is also referred to as the illusion of virtual body ownership (IVBO) [35], agency, or body transfer illusion.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Beyond Human

Krekhov

Cmentowski

Emmerich

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Figure 1. We explore the potential of nonhuman avatars in VR games. The evaluation of our three escape room games for different animal types reveals that players enjoy the control over additional body parts, as such morphologies allow novel, refreshing interactions and enable superhuman abilities. ABSTRACTVirtual reality setups are particularly suited to create a tight bond between players and their avatars up to a degree where we start perceiving the virtual representation as our own body. We hypothesize that such an illusion of virtual body ownership (IVBO) has a particularly high, yet overlooked potential for nonhumanoid avatars. To validate our claim, we use the example of three very different creatures-a scorpion, a rhino, and a bird-to explore possible avatar controls and game mechanics based on specific animal abilities. A quantitative evaluation underpins the high game enjoyment arising from embodying such nonhuman morphologies, including additional body parts and obtaining respective superhuman skills, which allows us to derive a set of novel design implications. Furthermore, the experiment reveals a correlation between IVBO and game enjoyment, which is a further indication that nonhumanoid

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“…IVBO was mainly explored with anthropomorphic characters and realistic representations [35,31,18]. For instance, related to the question of avatar customization in games, Waltemate et al [69] showed that customizable representations lead to significantly higher IVBO effects.…”

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Beyond Human

Krekhov

Cmentowski

Emmerich

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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“…Based on previous conducted research, the utilisation of anthropomorphic interface could be perceived as an avatar (Mull, Jamie, Moon, & Lee, 2015) or an interface agent (Lisetti, Amini, Yasavur, & Rishe, 2013) in different degrees of anthropomorphic designs. According to previous research in examining the effectiveness of user interface, the anthropomorphic interface designs could be comprehend into real human representations (avatar), interface agents (mixes between human and animal representation), and hybrid characters (an abstract design, could be in any form) (Lortie & Guitton, 2011;Lugrin, Latt, & Latoschik, 2015;Tsiourti, Joly, Ben Moussa, Wings-Kolgen, & Wac, 2014).…”

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The Application of Anthropomorphic Gamification within Transitional Healthcare: A conceptual framework

Tuah¹,

Willis²,

Ranchhod³

2018

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Game-Based Learning

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This paper proposes a framework for the application of anthropomorphic interfaces in gamification for transitional healthcare. The framework bridges the theories around anthropomorphic research, gamification research, transitional health research, with the views of 15 field experts and a survey of 33 users. Patients in transitional healthcare process requires additional tools to assist them in following the transitional process, particularly in learning and managing their health condition. A different design of anthropomorphic interface applied within gamification could help to motivate the patients in going through their transition process, and thus may result in a change of behaviour towards self-manage. The framework consists of four factors; elements of an anthropomorphic interface, game elements for gamification, motivational elements, and requirements for transitional healthcare. Through triangulation of the literature, experts and users, these four factors were considered to be important and relevant elements of the framework. This validated the framework for anthropomorphic interfaces in gamification for transitional healthcare applications.

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“…Auto-report generation after the therapy is also effective for patients [17]. Sometimes illusion are created in game based exercise to engage patients to perform better [18].…”

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Design of a Game-Based Rehabilitation System Using Kinect Sensor

Dubey

Manna

2019

2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference

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As technological innovation is fused into the rehabilitation process, it gives conventional therapy a new direction with the products of interactive nature and easy to measure techniques. In the recent years, virtual reality based game therapy has turned out to be a promising option for post-stroke patients since it engages patients with fun based exercises during rehabilitation process. It also triggers their neuro-motor functions and accelerates the recovery process. Nevertheless it is necessary to extract some valuable information from the joint movements to measure the recovery condition of patients. Most of the designed games have introduced features to make them interesting as well as challenging for patients, however, only a few measure the joint parameters. We have designed a Kinect based game in Unity3D platform where patients can play game by moving their joints which results in different orthopaedic lessons required for rehabilitation therapy. In contrast to many Kinect based games where only joint movements are considered for playing the game, we have also introduced voice control through speech recognition and feedback provided in terms of audio-visual command to enhance patient’s engagement. Different joint parameters such as trajectory, range of motion, joint velocity, acceleration, reaching time and joint torque are also measured to help quantify the heath condition.

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Avatar anthropomorphism and illusion of body ownership in VR

Cited by 146 publications

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Beyond Human

Beyond Human

The Application of Anthropomorphic Gamification within Transitional Healthcare: A conceptual framework

Design of a Game-Based Rehabilitation System Using Kinect Sensor

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