%0 Conference Paper %1 lugrin2015anthropomorphism %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Latt, Johanna %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %B International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence/Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (ICAT/EGVE) %D 2015 %K VR embodiment myown %P 1-8 %T Anthropomorphism and Illusion of Virtual Body Ownership %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2015-icat-avatar-anthro-and-ivbo.pdf %X In this paper we present a novel experiment to explore the impact of avatar realism on the illusion of virtual body ownership (IVBO) in immersive virtual environments, with full-body avatar embodiment and freedom of movement. We evaluated four distinct avatars presenting an increasing level of anthropomorphism in their detailed compositions. Our results revealed that each avatar elicited a relatively high level of illusion. However both machine-like and cartoon-like avatars elicited an equivalent IVBO, slightly superior to the human-ones. A realistic human appearance is therefore not a critical top-down factor of IVBO, and could lead to an Üncanny Valley" effect.

@inproceedings{lugrin2015anthropomorphism, abstract = {In this paper we present a novel experiment to explore the impact of avatar realism on the illusion of virtual body ownership (IVBO) in immersive virtual environments, with full-body avatar embodiment and freedom of movement. We evaluated four distinct avatars presenting an increasing level of anthropomorphism in their detailed compositions. Our results revealed that each avatar elicited a relatively high level of illusion. However both machine-like and cartoon-like avatars elicited an equivalent IVBO, slightly superior to the human-ones. A realistic human appearance is therefore not a critical top-down factor of IVBO, and could lead to an "Uncanny Valley" effect.}, added-at = {2015-09-07T17:40:09.000+0200}, author = {Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Latt, Johanna and Latoschik, Marc Erich}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fa368106b06adb8f1a2736e437db2fb2/hci-uwb}, booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence/Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (ICAT/EGVE)}, interhash = {5e7825e500c4f6682c6348cf4cc93ab2}, intrahash = {fa368106b06adb8f1a2736e437db2fb2}, keywords = {VR embodiment myown}, pages = {1-8}, timestamp = {2024-05-06T17:22:37.000+0200}, title = {Anthropomorphism and Illusion of Virtual Body Ownership}, url = {https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2015-icat-avatar-anthro-and-ivbo.pdf}, year = 2015 }