%0 Journal Article %1 fiedler2024selfcues %A Fiedler, Marie Luisa %A Wolf, Erik %A Döllinger, Nina %A Mal, David %A Botsch, Mario %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Wienrich, Carolin %D 2024 %J IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics %K c.wienrich dmal ewolf mfiedler myown vitras %P 1-11 %R 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456211 %T From Avatars to Agents: Self-Related Cues through Embodiment and Personalization Affect Body Perception in Virtual Reality %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-ismar-tvcg-self-identification-body-weight-perception-preprint-reduced.pdf %X Our work investigates the influence of self-related cues in the design of virtual humans on body perception in virtual reality. In a 2x2 mixed design, 64 participants faced photorealistic virtual humans either as a motion-synchronized embodied avatar or as an autonomous moving agent, appearing subsequently with a personalized and generic texture. Our results unveil that self-related cues through embodiment and personalization yield an individual and complemented increase in participants' sense of embodiment and self-identification towards the virtual human. Different body weight modification and estimation tasks further showed an impact of both factors on participants' body weight perception. Additional analyses revealed that the participant's body mass index predicted body weight estimations in all conditions and that participants' self-esteem and body shape concerns correlated with different body weight perception results. Hence, we have demonstrated the occurrence of double standards through induced self-related cues in virtual human perception, especially through embodiment.

@article{fiedler2024selfcues, abstract = {Our work investigates the influence of self-related cues in the design of virtual humans on body perception in virtual reality. In a 2x2 mixed design, 64 participants faced photorealistic virtual humans either as a motion-synchronized embodied avatar or as an autonomous moving agent, appearing subsequently with a personalized and generic texture. Our results unveil that self-related cues through embodiment and personalization yield an individual and complemented increase in participants' sense of embodiment and self-identification towards the virtual human. Different body weight modification and estimation tasks further showed an impact of both factors on participants' body weight perception. Additional analyses revealed that the participant's body mass index predicted body weight estimations in all conditions and that participants' self-esteem and body shape concerns correlated with different body weight perception results. Hence, we have demonstrated the occurrence of double standards through induced self-related cues in virtual human perception, especially through embodiment.}, added-at = {2024-06-02T13:44:01.000+0200}, author = {Fiedler, Marie Luisa and Wolf, Erik and Döllinger, Nina and Mal, David and Botsch, Mario and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Wienrich, Carolin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d9dc653f26dcf37f4e7f89b174268de4/hci-uwb}, doi = {10.1109/TVCG.2024.3456211}, interhash = {56142b74a453b89cc8c2b93ce2e14a43}, intrahash = {d9dc653f26dcf37f4e7f89b174268de4}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, keywords = {c.wienrich dmal ewolf mfiedler myown vitras}, pages = {1-11}, timestamp = {2024-10-07T16:43:17.000+0200}, title = {From Avatars to Agents: Self-Related Cues through Embodiment and Personalization Affect Body Perception in Virtual Reality}, url = {https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-ismar-tvcg-self-identification-body-weight-perception-preprint-reduced.pdf}, year = 2024 }