Physiological and perceptual responses to athletic avatars while cycling in virtual reality

Martin Kocur; Florian Habler; Valentin Schwind; Pawel W. Wozniak; Christian Wolf; Niels Henze

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445160

Physiological and perceptual responses to athletic avatars while cycling in virtual reality

Martin Kocur
, Florian Habler
, Valentin Schwind
, Pawel W. Wozniak
, Christian Wolf
, Niels Henze

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/Bericht/Tagungsband › Konferenzbeitrag › Begutachtung

69 Zitate (Scopus)

Abstract

Avatars in virtual reality (VR) enable embodied experiences and induce the Proteus efect-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 infuence the user's physiological response to exercises. Therefore, we conducted an experiment with 24 participants to investigate the efect 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 signifcant and systematic efect on users' heart rate and perceived exertion. We discuss potential moderators such as body ownership and users' level of ftness. Our work contributes to the emerging area of VR exercise systems.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Untertitel	Making Waves, Combining Strengths
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (elektronisch)	9781450380966
ISBN (Print)	9781450380966
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445160
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 6 Mai 2021
Extern publiziert	Ja

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Schlagwörter

Body ownership illusion
Health intervention
Perception of efort
Proteus efect
Virtual embodiment
Virtual reality
Vr cycling

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Kocur, M., Habler, F., Schwind, V., Wozniak, P. W., Wolf, C., & Henze, N. (2021). Physiological and perceptual responses to athletic avatars while cycling in virtual reality. in CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445160

Kocur, Martin ; Habler, Florian ; Schwind, Valentin et al. / Physiological and perceptual responses to athletic avatars while cycling in virtual reality. CHI 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. Association for Computing Machinery, 2021. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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