Abstract
In this paper we report on an investigation of the effects of a self-avatar's visual similarity to a user's actual appearance, on their perceptions of the avatar in an immersive virtual reality (IVR) experience. We conducted a user study to examine the participant's sense of body ownership, presence and visual realism under three levels of avatar-owner visual similarity: (L1) an avatar reconstructed from real imagery of the participant's appearance, (L2) a cartoon-like virtual avatar created by a 3D artist for each participant, where the avatar shoes and clothing mimic that of the participant, but using a low-fidelity model, and (L3) a cartoon-like virtual avatar with a pre-defined appearance for the shoes and clothing. Surprisingly, the results indicate that the participants generally exhibited the highest sense of body ownership and presence when inhabiting the cartoon-like virtual avatar mimicking the outfit of the participant (L2), despite the relatively low participant similarity. We present our experiment and main findings, also, discuss the potential impact of a self-avatar's visual differences on human perceptions in IVR.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings - VRST 2017 |
| Subtitle of host publication | 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Volume | Part F131944 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450355483 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 Nov 8 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2017 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 2017 Nov 8 → 2017 Nov 10 |
Other
| Other | 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2017 |
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| Country | Sweden |
| City | Gothenburg |
| Period | 17/11/8 → 17/11/10 |
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Keywords
- Body ownership
- HMD
- Presence
- Self-avatar
- Virtual reality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
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The impact of avatar-owner visual similarity on body ownership in immersive virtual reality. / Jo, Dongsik; Kim, Kangsoo; Welch, Gregory F.; Jeon, Woojin; Kim, Yongwan; Kim, Ki Hong; Kim, Jeonghyun.
Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Vol. Part F131944 Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. a77.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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