Body Ownership Translation Phenomena Kyle Ruopp, Devin Irons, Bret Royster

BOTP and what it is  Sensation that a part (or as a whole) of the human body has been translated outside of its bounds  Related to the Rubber Hand Illusion

Goal  Test the limitations of body ownership Invoke BOTP on a digital representation of a human hand  Once this is accomplished other experiments of this nature will be conducted

Target Audience  Software Designers – new input techniques, mouse/keyboard  Video Game Devs – interaction could become much more immersible  Artificial Limb – research could be applied to the making of them  Psych Research – further understanding of how brain functions

Related Work  “Fooling Your Feelings” Preformed tests using a monitor showing subjects hand Monitor showed hand that was being stroked on a certain finger Subject’s hand was being stroked on a different finger Results showed subjects felt a different being stroked

Why We Think We Will Succeed  Experiments based on previous studies  Fresh perspective

Test Subjects  Trying to use 5-7 subjects for each experiment  Now taking applications from classmates (wink, wink)

Experiment Series #1  Experiment will be based upon the rubber hand illusion Replace rubber hand with a monitor showing the subject’s hand  Purpose is to explore certain variables needed to further experiments with BOTP

Experiment Series #2  Experiment is basically an extension of first experiment  Program will be made to give the subject the chance to give us real- time results When subjects feel the BOTP, they click the mouse which will time delay monitor feed

Experiment Series #3  Same set up as before with the monitor screen  We will introduce a stress inducer By measuring heart rate and visual cues

Experiment Series #4  Experiment with a complete BOTP Attempt to move a subject’s center of perception outside of their body Head mounted camera so that the subject is viewing themselves from behind (Finally a way to check out how those jeans look)

Evaluation of Experiments  During the course of the experiments we will be asking questions  Visual cues from the subject will also be a part of our research