The Impact of Avatar Personalization and Immersion on Virtual Body Ownership, Presence, and Emotional Response

This article reports the impact of the degree of personalization and individualization of users' avatars as well as the impact of the degree of immersion on typical psychophysical factors in embodied Virtual Environments. We investigated if and how virtual body ownership (including agency), pre...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 24(2018), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 1643-1652
1. Verfasser: Waltemate, Thomas (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gall, Dominik, Roth, Daniel, Botsch, Mario, Latoschik, Marc Erich
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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