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VR Animals: Surreal Body Ownership in Virtual Reality Games

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Andrey Krekhov,

Sebastian Cmentowski,

Jens KrügerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 503 - 511

https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271531

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

The illusion of being someone else and to perceive a virtual body as our own is one of the strengths of virtual reality setups. Past research explored that phenomenon regarding human-like virtual representations. In contrast, our ongoing work focuses on playing VR games in the role of an animal. We present five ways to control three different animals in a VR environment. The controls range from third person companion mode to first person full-body tracking. Our exploratory study indicates that virtual body ownership is also applicable to animals, which paves the way to a number of novel, animal-centered game mechanics. Based on interview outcomes, we also discuss possible directions for further research regarding non-humanoid VR experiences in digital games.

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VR Animals: Surreal Body Ownership in Virtual Reality Games
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Virtual worlds software
        Interactive games

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