title: Multisensory Integration in the Virtual Hand Illusion with Active Movement.
abstract: Improving the sense of immersion is one of the core issues in virtual reality. Perceptual illusions of ownership can be perceived over a virtual body in a multisensory virtual reality environment. Rubber Hand and Virtual Hand Illusions showed that body ownership can be manipulated by applying suitable visual and tactile stimulation. In this study, we investigate the effects of multisensory integration in the Virtual Hand Illusion with active movement. A virtual xylophone playing system which can interactively provide synchronous visual, tactile, and auditory stimulation was constructed. We conducted two experiments regarding different movement conditions and different sensory stimulations. Our results demonstrate that multisensory integration with free active movement can improve the sense of immersion in virtual reality.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Production Systems Engineering Course, National Institute of Technology, Gunma College, Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Woong
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6635-8951
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-9452-9965
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Gungin System Service Co., Ltd., Maebashi, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kozaburo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hachimura
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult