%0 Conference Paper %1 dollinger2024bodyswap %A Döllinger, Nina %A Mal, David %A Keppler, Sebastian %A Wolf, Erik %A Botsch, Mario %A Israel, Johann Habakuk %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %A Wienrich, Carolin %B 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems %D 2024 %K c.wienrich dmal ewolf myown ndoel piis vitras %R 10.1145/3613904.3642328 %T Virtual Body Swapping: A VR-Based Approach to Embodied Third-Person Self-Processing in Mind-Body Therapy %U https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-chi-bodyswap-preprint.pdf %X Virtual reality (VR) offers various opportunities for innovative therapeutic approaches, especially regarding self-related mind-body interventions. We introduce a VR body swap system enabling multiple users to swap their perspectives and appearances and evaluate its effects on virtual sense of embodiment (SoE) and perception- and cognition-based self-related processes. In a self-compassion-framed scenario, twenty participants embodied their personalized, photorealistic avatar, swapped bodies with an unfamiliar peer, and reported their SoE, interoceptive awareness (perception), and self-compassion (cognition). Participants' experiences differed between bottom-up and top-down processes. Regarding SoE, their agency and self-location shifted to the swap avatar, while their top-down self-identification remained with their personalized avatar. Further, the experience positively affected interoceptive awareness but not self-compassion. Our outcomes offer novel insights into the SoE in a multiple-embodiment scenario and highlight the need to differentiate between the different processes in intervention design. They raise concerns and requirements for future research on avatar-based mind-body interventions.

@inproceedings{dollinger2024bodyswap, abstract = {Virtual reality (VR) offers various opportunities for innovative therapeutic approaches, especially regarding self-related mind-body interventions. We introduce a VR body swap system enabling multiple users to swap their perspectives and appearances and evaluate its effects on virtual sense of embodiment (SoE) and perception- and cognition-based self-related processes. In a self-compassion-framed scenario, twenty participants embodied their personalized, photorealistic avatar, swapped bodies with an unfamiliar peer, and reported their SoE, interoceptive awareness (perception), and self-compassion (cognition). Participants' experiences differed between bottom-up and top-down processes. Regarding SoE, their agency and self-location shifted to the swap avatar, while their top-down self-identification remained with their personalized avatar. Further, the experience positively affected interoceptive awareness but not self-compassion. Our outcomes offer novel insights into the SoE in a multiple-embodiment scenario and highlight the need to differentiate between the different processes in intervention design. They raise concerns and requirements for future research on avatar-based mind-body interventions.}, added-at = {2024-02-29T15:11:31.000+0100}, author = {Döllinger, Nina and Mal, David and Keppler, Sebastian and Wolf, Erik and Botsch, Mario and Israel, Johann Habakuk and Latoschik, Marc Erich and Wienrich, Carolin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dd5ee9c174e2308a2d6e39474f11caa5/hci-uwb}, booktitle = {2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, doi = {10.1145/3613904.3642328}, interhash = {92800e62dd3406a2008de931dfcf2a41}, intrahash = {dd5ee9c174e2308a2d6e39474f11caa5}, keywords = {c.wienrich dmal ewolf myown ndoel piis vitras}, timestamp = {2024-04-11T13:58:03.000+0200}, title = {Virtual Body Swapping: A VR-Based Approach to Embodied Third-Person Self-Processing in Mind-Body Therapy}, url = {https://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2024-chi-bodyswap-preprint.pdf}, year = 2024 }