Real human touch: performer-facilitated touch enhances presence and embodiment in immersive performance

Despite being an embodied medium, virtual reality (VR) prioritizes vision and sound over the other senses. While touch has been demonstrated to foster a sense of presence and embodiment, most haptic research in VR focuses on uncanny vibration motors or limited experiences of touch with simple props....

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Main Authors: John Desnoyers-Stewart, Margherita Bergamo Meneghini, Ekaterina R. Stepanova, Bernhard E. Riecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Virtual Reality
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2023.1336581/full