TY - GEN
T1 - The effect of self-embodiment on distance perception in immersive virtual environments
AU - Ries, Brian
AU - Interrante, Victoria
AU - Kaeding, Michael
AU - Anderson, Lee
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Previous research has shown that egocentric distance estimation suffers from compression in virtual environments when viewed through head mounted displays. Though many possible variables and factors have been investigated, the source of the compression is yet to be fully realized. Recent experiments have hinted in the direction of an unsatisfied feeling of presence being the cause. This paper investigates this presence hypothesis by exploring the benefit of providing self-embodiment to the user through the form of a virtual avatar, presenting an experiment comparing errors in egocentric distance perception through direct-blind walking between subjects with a virtual avatar and without. The result of this experiment finds a significant improvement with egocentric distance estimations for users equipped with a virtual avatar over those without.
AB - Previous research has shown that egocentric distance estimation suffers from compression in virtual environments when viewed through head mounted displays. Though many possible variables and factors have been investigated, the source of the compression is yet to be fully realized. Recent experiments have hinted in the direction of an unsatisfied feeling of presence being the cause. This paper investigates this presence hypothesis by exploring the benefit of providing self-embodiment to the user through the form of a virtual avatar, presenting an experiment comparing errors in egocentric distance perception through direct-blind walking between subjects with a virtual avatar and without. The result of this experiment finds a significant improvement with egocentric distance estimations for users equipped with a virtual avatar over those without.
KW - Egocentric distance perception
KW - Immersive virtual environments
KW - Virtual avatar
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/63449126915
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/63449126915#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/1450579.1450614
DO - 10.1145/1450579.1450614
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:63449126915
SN - 9781595939517
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
SP - 167
EP - 170
BT - Proceedings - VRST 2008 ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2008
Y2 - 27 October 2008 through 29 October 2008
ER -