People prefer using tweezer-like bionic tools over human-like prosthetics in virtual reality
London, UK (SPX) Jun 07, 2024
Researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment-the sense that something is part of one's body-toward prosthetic "hands that resemble a pair of tweezers. They report June 6 in the journal iScience that participants felt an equal degree of embodiment for the tweezer-hands and were also faster and more accurate in completing motor tasks in virtual reality than when
Researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment-the sense that something is part of one's body-toward prosthetic "hands that resemble a pair of tweezers. They report June 6 in the journal iScience that participants felt an equal degree of embodiment for the tweezer-hands and were also faster and more accurate in completing motor tasks in virtual reality than when