Player/Avatar body relations in multimodal augmented reality games

Rosa, Nina

doi:10.1145/2993148.2997618

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“…Invariability of the SoE across contexts would be of utmost interest for applications that emphasize a personalized user experience. This includes video games, movies, and other arts [13], [149], but also medical therapies, rehabilitation and treatment of patients through partial and full avatarization (see Section 2).…”

Section: The Sense Of Embodying Avatars Across Realitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Meli et al [158], this is probably due to the slow diffusion of haptic interfaces adapted to AR that are user-friendly, lightweight, and affordable. Rosa [13] also outlines the under-exploration of other cues such as audio feedback in AR experiences. For instance, integrating heavy footstep sounds when embodying a weighty avatar could improve the credibility of the embodiment.…”

Section: Multisensory Ar Embodimentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When embodied in AR, avatars enable users to see themselves in the real world but within a body that is different in shape, size, or appearance. This possibility can be relevant in many cases, whether it be in education [12], video games [13], remote collaboration [14], medical practice [15], or simply as a means of expression [16]. Additionally, the possibility that the psychological effects of embodiment witnessed in VR may also occur in AR raises a great deal of interest.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Being an Avatar “for Real”: A Survey on Virtual Embodiment in Augmented Reality

Genay¹,

Lécuyer

Hachet³

2022

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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Virtual self-avatars have been increasingly used in Augmented Reality (AR) where one can see virtual content embedded into physical space. However, little is known about the perception of self-avatars in such a context. The possibility that their embodiment could be achieved in a similar way as in Virtual Reality opens the door to numerous applications in education, communication, entertainment, or the medical field. This article aims to review the literature covering the embodiment of virtual self-avatars in AR. Our goal is (i) to guide readers through the different options and challenges linked to the implementation of AR embodiment systems, (ii) to provide a better understanding of AR embodiment perception by classifying the existing knowledge, and (iii) to offer insight on future research topics and trends for AR and avatar research. To do so, we introduce a taxonomy of virtual embodiment experiences by defining a "body avatarization" continuum. The presented knowledge suggests that the sense of embodiment evolves in the same way in AR as in other settings, but this possibility has yet to be fully investigated. We suggest that, whilst it is yet to be well understood, the embodiment of avatars has a promising future in AR and conclude by discussing possible directions for research.

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Section: The Sense Of Embodying Avatars Across Realitiesmentioning

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Section: Multisensory Ar Embodimentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Being an Avatar “for Real”: A Survey on Virtual Embodiment in Augmented Reality

Genay¹,

Lécuyer

Hachet³

2022

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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“…Although augmented reality use relies less on avatars than virtual reality, body representation and embodied interactions are key in this medium as well (Genay, Lécuyer, & Hachet, 2021). Rosa (2016), for instance, notes that a user's body (specifically in AR game applications) has a role in perception, interaction, as well as storytelling and it may contribute to the sensation of realism (c.f. Rosa, Hürst, Vos, & Werkhoven, 2015).…”

Section: Ar Bodiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

AR Cinema: Visual Storytelling and Embodied Experiences with Augmented Reality Filters and Backgrounds

O'Meara¹,

Szita

2021

PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality

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Through the simultaneous presence of graphically composed and materially existing elements, augmented reality (AR) offers ephemeral digital content that is the result of the momentary and, thus, unrepeatable alignment of a physical body and world and an augmented reality system. Capturing the performative and embodied angles of screen-based augmented reality through a combined film-analytical and cognitive lens, this paper focuses on how interfaces, content, and ARmanipulated bodies serve as apparatus for cinematic composition as well as storytelling and user engagement. Observing interactions with AR filters and backgrounds, we reflect on how users' bodies and expressions that are mirrored on screen are translated into an immersive digital storyworld that exists in the temporal and spatial context of the AR experience and the related technology. AR filters and backgrounds' affective quality, thus, lies in bodily control and in the creative act of choosing and moderating body characteristics, postures, and positions in real-time in relation to the surrounding digitally manipulated or recorded environment. By moderating the representations of bodies and spaces as well as their interplay, AR users actively shape the visual composition of the on-screen space and, thereby, the visual narrative.

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“…There still are, however, several issues in designing and using avatars, including identity, awareness of current states, availability and degree of presence, gesture and facial expressions [14]. In a collaborative AR system, the self-presentation as an avatar besides the real body can potentially affect body ownership and self-localisation [85].…”

Section: Avatars and Embodied Agentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

User Experience in Collaborative Extended Reality: Overview Study

Nguyen

Bednarz

2020

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Recent trends in Extended Reality technologies, including Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, indicate that the future infrastructure will be distributed and collaborative, where end-users as well as experts meet, communicate, learn, interact with each other, and coordinate their activities using a globally shared network and meditated environments. The integration of new display devices has largely changed how users interact with the system and how those activities, in turn, change their perception and experience. Although a considerable amount of research has already been done in the fields of computer-supported collaborative work, human-computer interaction, extended reality, cognitive psychology, perception, and social sciences, there is still no in-depth review to determine the current state of research on multiple-user-experience-centred design at the intersection of these domains. This paper aims to present an overview of research work on coexperience and analyses important aspects of human factors to be considered to enhance collaboration and user interaction in collaborative extended reality platforms, including: (i) presence-related factors, (ii) group dynamics and collaboration patterns, (iii) avatars and embodied agents, (iv) nonverbal communication, (v) group size, and (vi) awareness of physical and virtual world. Finally, this paper identifies research gaps and suggests key directions for future research considerations in this multidisciplinary research domain.

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Player/Avatar body relations in multimodal augmented reality games

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Being an Avatar “for Real”: A Survey on Virtual Embodiment in Augmented Reality

Being an Avatar “for Real”: A Survey on Virtual Embodiment in Augmented Reality

AR Cinema: Visual Storytelling and Embodied Experiences with Augmented Reality Filters and Backgrounds

User Experience in Collaborative Extended Reality: Overview Study

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