Virtual reality (VR) started about 50 years ago in a form we would recognize today [stereo
head-mounted display (HMD), head tracking, computer graphics generated images] …

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 …

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User embodiment is important for many virtual reality (VR) applications, for example, in the
context of social interaction, therapy, training, or entertainment. However, there is no data …

How do people appropriate their virtual hand representation when interacting in virtual
environments? In order to answer this question, we conducted an experiment studying the …

In Virtual Reality, a number of studies have been conducted to assess the influence of avatar
appearance, avatar control and user point of view on the Sense of Embodiment (SoE) …

Body ownership illusions (BOIs) occur when participants experience that their actual body is
replaced by a body shown in virtual reality (VR). Based on a systematic review of the …

In Virtual Reality (VR) it is possible to induce illusions in which users report and behave as if
they have entered into altered situations and identities. The effect can be robust enough for …

Immersive virtual reality allows people to inhabit avatar bodies that differ from their own, and
this can produce significant psychological and physiological effects. The concept of …

Can an avatar's body movements change a person's perception of good and bad? We
discuss virtual embodiment according to theories of embodied cognition (EC), and afferent …