Effects of Visual-Vestibular Conflicts Caused by Visual Input on Out-of-Body Experience Induced by Visual-Tactile Stimulation in Virtual Reality

  • Zhe Song
  • , Xiaoya Fan
  • , Jiaoyang Dong
  • , Xiting Zhang
  • , Xiaotian Xu
  • , Shuyu Li
  • , Fang Pu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Out-of-body experience (OBE) is a feeling that people observe and feel his/her own body from somewhere outside the physical body. In this paper, we examined the effects of visual-vestibular conflict caused by visual input on OBE induced by visual-tactile stimulation in 15 healthy young participants with virtual reality (VR). We fabricated the visual-vestibular conflict by giving rotating VR scene to the participants. Four experimental conditions were designed. Each participant completed a questionnaire and a proprioceptive drift test in VR. Results showed that the participants experienced subjective alteration of body ownership under conditions with synchronous visual-tactile stimulation, regardless of the presence of rotation VR scene, also revealed a significantly larger drift with rotation VR scene, compared to without, when synchronous visual-tactile stimulation was applied. But such elevation disappeared under conditions without visual-tactile stimulation. We concluded that the OBE induced by synchronous visual-tactile stimulation is modulated by visual-vestibular conflict.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering - Proceedings of APCMBE 2023, Volume 1
Subtitle of host publicationBiomedical Signal Processing, Imaging and Rehabilitation Engineering
EditorsGuangzhi Wang, Dezhong Yao, Zhongze Gu, Yi Peng, Shanbao Tong, Chengyu Liu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages345-352
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9783031514548
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, APCMBE 2023 - Suzhou, China
Duration: 18 May 202321 May 2023

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume103
ISSN (Print)1680-0737
ISSN (Electronic)1433-9277

Conference

Conference12th Asian-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, APCMBE 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySuzhou
Period18/05/2321/05/23

Keywords

  • Out-of-body experience
  • Virtual reality
  • Visual-tactile stimulation
  • Visual-vestibular conflict

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