Virtual User Body Image Expression for Acquiring Diverse Perspective Based on Full-body Illusion

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21830104
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Aoyama Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Satoshi Aoyama Gakuin University, ヒユーマン・イノベーシヨン研究センター, 助手 (70516377)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 全身錯覚 / 仮想ユーザ像 / ラバーハンドイリュージョン / 複合現実空間

Research Abstract

express virtual user body image different from usual self, the author attempted to develop a strategy of the expression and examine influence of the strategy. To explicitly let people recognize the virtual user body image as their own body, the author adopted the strategy by providing a tactile stimulus at a certain part of their own body and counterpart of the virtual user body image to elicit illusion that they regard the virtual user body image as their own body. The author developed experimental environment for examining the influence of the illusion from the viewpoints of unconscious and conscious level of the people.