Jean-Luc Lugrin
Marc Erich Latoschik
ABSTRACT
In this paper, we investigate the impact of avatar anthropomorphism on the fear of heights, when using full body avatar embodiment under an immersive virtual reality (VR) setting. Clear differences could be found in perceived anthropomorphism, but preliminary results do not show differences in stress level between Human and Non-Human avatars, although a high level of perceived secureness was reported with Non-Human avatars.
- Lugrin, J.-L., Latt, J., and Latoschik, M. E. 2015. Anthropomorphism and illusion of virtual body ownership. In International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. Google Scholar
Digital Library
- Lugrin, J.-L., Wiedemann, M., Bieberstein, D., and Latoschik, M. E. 2015. Influence of avatar realism on stress-full situation in vr. In Proceedings of the IEEE VR 2015.Google Scholar
- Roth, D., Lugrin, J.-L., Büser, J., and Latoschik, M. E. 2016. A simplified inverse kinematic approach for embodied vr applications. In in Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Virtual Reality (IEEE VR) conference 2016. (to be published).Google Scholar
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Index Terms
- Avatar anthropomorphism and acrophobia
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