Physiological and Perceptual Responses to Athletic Avatars while Cycling in Virtual Reality

要旨

Avatars in virtual reality (VR) enable embodied experiences and induce the Proteus effect - a shift in behavior and attitude to mimic one's digital representation. Previous work found that avatars associated with physical strength can decrease users' perceived exertion when performing physical tasks. However, it is unknown if an avatar's appearance can also influence the user's physiological response to exercises. Therefore, we conducted an experiment with 24 participants to investigate the effect of avatars' athleticism on heart rate and perceived exertion while cycling in VR following a standardized protocol. We found that the avatars' athleticism has a significant and systematic effect on users' heart rate and perceived exertion. We discuss potential moderators such as body ownership and users' level of fitness. Our work contributes to the emerging area of VR exercise systems.

著者
Martin Kocur
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Florian Habler
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Valentin Schwind
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt, Germany
Paweł W. Woźniak
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Christian Wolff
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Niels Henze
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
DOI

10.1145/3411764.3445160

論文URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445160

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会議: CHI 2021

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2021.acm.org/)

セッション: Video, XR, Perception, & Visualization

[A] Paper Room 14, 2021-05-11 17:00:00~2021-05-11 19:00:00 / [B] Paper Room 14, 2021-05-12 01:00:00~2021-05-12 03:00:00 / [C] Paper Room 14, 2021-05-12 09:00:00~2021-05-12 11:00:00
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