%0 Conference Paper %1 dollinger2022virtual %A Döllinger, Nina %A Wolf, Erik %A Mal, David %A Erdmannsdörfer, Nico %A Botsch, Mario %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Wienrich, Carolin %B CHI 22 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts %D 2022 %K myown %P 1-8 %R 10.1145/3491101.3519613 %T Virtual Reality for Mind and Body: Does the Sense of Embodiment Towards a Virtual Body Affect Physical Body Awareness? %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2022-chi-body-awareness-virtual-human-perception-preprint.pdf %X Mind-body therapies aim to improve health by combining physical and mental exercises. Recent developments tend to incorporate virtual reality (VR) into their design and execution, but there is a lack of research concerning the inclusion of virtual bodies and their effect on body awareness in these designs. In this study, 24 participants performed in-VR body awareness movement tasks in front of a virtual mirror while embodying a photorealistic, personalized avatar. Subsequently, they performed a heartbeat counting task and rated their perceived body awareness and sense of embodiment towards the avatar. We found a significant relationship between sense of embodiment and self-reported body awareness but not between sense of embodiment and heartbeat counting. Future work can build on these findings and further explore the relationship between avatar embodiment and body awareness.

@inproceedings{dollinger2022virtual, abstract = {Mind-body therapies aim to improve health by combining physical and mental exercises. Recent developments tend to incorporate virtual reality (VR) into their design and execution, but there is a lack of research concerning the inclusion of virtual bodies and their effect on body awareness in these designs. In this study, 24 participants performed in-VR body awareness movement tasks in front of a virtual mirror while embodying a photorealistic, personalized avatar. Subsequently, they performed a heartbeat counting task and rated their perceived body awareness and sense of embodiment towards the avatar. We found a significant relationship between sense of embodiment and self-reported body awareness but not between sense of embodiment and heartbeat counting. Future work can build on these findings and further explore the relationship between avatar embodiment and body awareness.}, added-at = {2024-05-01T09:44:48.000+0200}, author = {Döllinger, Nina and Wolf, Erik and Mal, David and Erdmannsdörfer, Nico and Botsch, Mario and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Wienrich, Carolin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2213da316d3e1bb619f5d67665e690262/ewolf}, booktitle = {CHI 22 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts}, doi = {10.1145/3491101.3519613}, interhash = {27b88eb16cbb2f9179d55f9f6767567f}, intrahash = {213da316d3e1bb619f5d67665e690262}, keywords = {myown}, pages = {1-8}, timestamp = {2024-05-01T10:03:33.000+0200}, title = {Virtual Reality for Mind and Body: Does the Sense of Embodiment Towards a Virtual Body Affect Physical Body Awareness?}, url = {https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2022-chi-body-awareness-virtual-human-perception-preprint.pdf}, year = 2022 }