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] …

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 …

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

Introduction: Over recent decades many researchers and clinicians have started to use
Virtual Reality (VR) as a new technology for implementing innovative rehabilitation …

A significant body of experimental evidence has demonstrated that it is possible to induce
the illusion of ownership of a fake limb or even an entire fake body using multisensory …

The brain's body representation is amenable to rapid change, even though we tend to think
of our bodies as relatively fixed and stable. For example, it has been shown that a life-sized …

Virtual reality (VR) applications have emerged as nonpharmacological alternatives or
adjuncts for acute and chronic pain management, with the potential to reduce the need for …

In Virtual Reality (VR) it is possible to induce illusions in which users report and behave as if
they have entered into altered situations and identities. The effect can be robust enough for …

When people see a life-sized virtual body (VB) from first person perspective in virtual reality
they are likely to have the perceptual illusion that it is their body. Additionally such virtual …

Advances in computer graphics algorithms and virtual reality (VR) systems, together with the
reduction in cost of associated equipment, have led scientists to consider VR as a useful tool …