What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat?

Anastassia Andreasen; Niels Christian Nilsson; Jelizaveta Zovnercuka; Michele Geronazzo; Stefania Serafin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_57

What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat?

Anastassia Andreasen, Niels Christian Nilsson, Jelizaveta Zovnercuka, Michele Geronazzo, Stefania Serafin

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Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) might give us a glimpse of what it feels to have a different from human shaped body and how to orientate ourselves in virtual environment (VE) with it. Bats’ wings structure has anatomical similarities to a human hand; yet would it be possible to achieve a compelling illusion of virtual body ownership (VBO) over bat’s avatar is questionable. Hence our main aim of research is to imitate bat’s sonar system and achieve embodiment of anatomically similar but morphologically different body – a body of a bat. Test results showed a possibility to achieve VBO illusion using bat’s avatar. VBO was significantly higher when steering through VE, as opposed to steering without a virtual body and exposing to involuntary movement through VE. With our research prototype, users will be able to navigate with echolocation system and fly through a virtual cave.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation : 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Anthony L. Brooks, Eva Brooks, Cristina Sylla
Number of pages	6
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2019
Pages	532-537
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-06133-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-06134-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_57
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	7th ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation: ArtsIT2018 - University of Minho, Braga, Portugal Duration: 22 Oct 2018 → 24 Oct 2018 Conference number: 7 http://ArtsIT.org

Conference

Conference	7th ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation
Number	7
Location	University of Minho
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Braga
Period	22/10/2018 → 24/10/2018
Internet address	http://ArtsIT.org

Series	Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Volume	265
ISSN	1867-8211

Keywords

Echolocation
Virtual body ownership
Virtual reality

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Andreasen, A., Nilsson, N. C., Zovnercuka, J., Geronazzo, M., & Serafin, S. (2019). What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat? In A. L. Brooks, E. Brooks, & C. Sylla (Eds.), Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings (pp. 532-537). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_57

Andreasen, Anastassia ; Nilsson, Niels Christian ; Zovnercuka, Jelizaveta et al. / What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat?. Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings. editor / Anthony L. Brooks ; Eva Brooks ; Cristina Sylla. Springer, 2019. pp. 532-537 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 265).

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Andreasen, A, Nilsson, NC, Zovnercuka, J, Geronazzo, M & Serafin, S 2019, What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat? in AL Brooks, E Brooks & C Sylla (eds), Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol. 265, pp. 532-537, 7th ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation, Braga, Portugal, 22/10/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06134-0_57

What Is It Like to Be a Virtual Bat? / Andreasen, Anastassia; Nilsson, Niels Christian; Zovnercuka, Jelizaveta et al.
Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation: 7th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2018, and 3rd EAI International Conference, DLI 2018, ICTCC 2018, Braga, Portugal, October 24–26, 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Anthony L. Brooks; Eva Brooks; Cristina Sylla. Springer, 2019. p. 532-537 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 265).

Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/conference proceeding › Article in proceeding › Research › peer-review