Invisible Long Arm Illusion: Illusory Body Ownership by Synchronous Movement of Hands and Feet

Ryota Kondo, Sachiyo Ueda, Maki Sugimoto, Kouta Minamizawa, Masahiko Inami, Michiteru Kitazaki

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Abstract

We feel as if a fake body is our own body by synchronicity between the fake body and the actual body (illusory body ownership) even if the body has a different shape. In our previous study, we showed that illusory body ownership can be induced to an invisible body through the synchronous movement of just the hands and feet. In this study, we investigated whether illusory body ownership can be induced to the invisible body even when the arm length of the invisible body was different from the usual body. We modified the length of arm of a full body avatar or changed the position of the hand of the invisible body stimulus, and found that the illusory body ownership was induced to the transformed body by synchronous movement. Participants' reaching behavior gradually changed to use the longer arm more during the learning of the transformed body.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICAT-EGVE 2018 - 28th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and 23rd Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
EditorsGerd Bruder, Sue Cobb, Shunsuke Yoshimoto, Dieter W. Fellner, Werner Hansmann, Werner Purgathofer, Francois Sillion
PublisherThe Eurographics Association
Pages21-28
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783038680581
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event28th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and 23rd Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2018 - Limassol, Cyprus
Duration: 2018 Nov 72018 Nov 9

Publication series

NameICAT-EGVE 2018 - 28th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and 23rd Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and 23rd Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2018
Country/TerritoryCyprus
CityLimassol
Period18/11/718/11/9

Keywords

  • Human-centered computing → Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Artificial Intelligence

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