@inproceedings{c86c16e476fa4886b22721339e5f6981,
title = "Impact of Physical Tool Designs on User Embodiment of Tools in Virtual Reality",
abstract = "Virtual reality (VR) users typically interact with the virtual world in two main ways: through the hand-held controller or body motion tracking. With the development of tracker technique, it is a promising direction for designers and developers to enrich the interaction by adding more possibilities to physical tool designs combined with the tracker in VR. The virtual representation of the tool can be varied in VR applications, but the real-time haptic interaction that physical tools provide is usually limited. Little is known about users' embodied perception of the tool in VR, and research has not yet determined how different physical tool designs affect users' sense of tool embodiment. This research explores the effect of physical tools on tool embodiment in VR. Six physical tools with different hand grasping gestures were designed and applied in the experiment of the user study. The findings reveal that one physical tool significantly differed from the virtual representation was rated the lowest self-reported tool embodiment and negative feedback from users. This study offers the design recommendation for physical tools with trackers for VR applications and expands existing research on tool embodiment.",
keywords = "agency, body ownership, embodiment, self-location, tool embodiment, user perception, virtual reality",
author = "Jingjing Zhang and Chuanzhi Su and Mengjie Huang and Liwen Liang and Rui Yang",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work has been approved by University Ethics Committee in XJTLU and is supported by the Research Development Fund of XJTLU (RDF-18-02-30). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 IEEE.; 9th International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2023 ; Conference date: 12-05-2023 Through 14-05-2023",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1109/ICVR57957.2023.10169686",
language = "English",
series = "2023 9th International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2023",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "233--238",
booktitle = "2023 9th International Conference on Virtual Reality, ICVR 2023",
}