Mental health problems are inseparable from the environment. With virtual reality (VR),
computer-generated interactive environments, individuals can repeatedly experience their …

Virtual reality (VR) started about 50 years ago in a form we would recognize today [stereo
head-mounted display (HMD), head tracking, computer graphics generated images] …

As virtual reality (VR) technology and systems become more commercially available and
accessible, more and more psychologists are starting to integrate VR as part of their …

The aim of this paper is to further the understanding of embodiment by 1) analytically
determining the components defining embodiment, 2) increasing comparability and …

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 …

Inside virtual reality, users can embody avatars that are collocated from a first-person
perspective. When doing so, participants have the feeling that the own body has been …

Manipulating a virtual object with appropriate passive haptic cues provides a satisfying
sense of presence in virtual reality. However, scaling such experiences to support multiple …

This paper investigates the effect of avatar realism on embodiment and social interactions in
Virtual Reality (VR). We compared abstract avatar representations based on a wooden …

User embodiment is important for many virtual reality (VR) applications, for example, in the
context of social interaction, therapy, training, or entertainment. However, there is no data …

“Virtual-Physical Perceptual Manipulations”(VPPMs) such as redirected walking and haptics
expand the user's capacity to interact with Virtual Reality (VR) beyond what would ordinarily …