Crisis and extended realities: remote presence in the time of COVID-19

B Matthews, ZS See, J Day - Media International Australia, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The transformative influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on remote forms of communication
has been a frequent theme in popular discourse during 2020, but any lingering …

Comparing VR-and AR-based try-on systems using personalized avatars

Y Liu, Y Liu, S Xu, K Cheng, S Masuko, J Tanaka - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Despite the convenience offered by e-commerce, online apparel shop** presents various
product-related risks, as consumers can neither physically see nor try products on …

PumpVR: rendering the weight of objects and avatars through liquid mass transfer in virtual reality

A Kalus, M Kocur, J Klein, M Mayer… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Perceiving objects' and avatars' weight in Virtual Reality (VR) is important to understand
their properties and naturally interact with them. However, commercial VR controllers cannot …

The embodiment of photorealistic avatars influences female body weight perception in virtual reality

E Wolf, N Merdan, N Dölinger, D Mal… - 2021 IEEE Virtual …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Embodiment and body perception have become important research topics in the field of
virtual reality (VR). VR is considered a particularly promising tool to support research and …

Exercising with a six pack in virtual reality: Examining the proteus effect of avatar body shape and sex on self-efficacy for core-muscle exercise, self-concept of body …

JHT Lin, DY Wu, JW Yang - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study investigates the Proteus effect from the first-person perspective and during avatar
embodiment in actual exercise. In addition to the immediate measurements of the Proteus …

Plausibility and perception of personalized virtual humans between virtual and augmented reality

E Wolf, D Mal, V Frohnapfel, N Döllinger… - … symposium on mixed …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates the effects of different XR displays on the perception and plausibility
of personalized virtual humans. We compared immersive virtual reality (VR), video see …

The impact of first-person avatar customization on embodiment in immersive virtual reality

M Gonzalez-Franco, A Steed, CC Berger… - Frontiers in Virtual …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In virtual reality (VR), users can embody a wide variety of avatars, from digital replicas of
themselves through diverse human body styles and appearances to non-humanoid …

Fitted avatars: automatic skeleton adjustment for self-avatars in virtual reality

JL Ponton, V Ceballos, L Acosta, A Ríos, E Monclús… - Virtual Reality, 2023 - Springer
In the era of the metaverse, self-avatars are gaining popularity, as they can enhance
presence and provide embodiment when a user is immersed in Virtual Reality. They are …

Body weight perception of females using photorealistic avatars in virtual and augmented reality

E Wolf, N Döllinger, D Mal, C Wienrich… - … on Mixed and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The appearance of avatars can potentially alter changes in their users' perception and
behavior. Based on this finding, approaches to support the therapy of body perception …

Perception of virtual characters

E Zell, K Zibrek, R McDonnell - ACM Siggraph 2019 Courses, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This course will introduce students, researchers and digital artists to the recent results in
perceptual research on virtual characters. It covers both how technical and artistic aspects …