Metamorphosis Hand
Nami Ogawa, Yuki Ban, Sho Sakurai, Takuji Narumi, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose · 2016
Our body image is flexible enough to be able to incorporate external objects. Moreover, a change in body image can sometimes evoke particular feelings and result in modified behavior. We focus on the body as an interface between the internal self and the external world, and have constructed a system that provides users with the interactive experience of playing a virtual piano with dynamically transforming virtual hands, whose appearance/movement are considerably different from our own. We demonstrate that even though the appearance/movement of a virtual hand differs considerably from a real hand, we feel a strong body ownership. This illustrates the possibility of body ownership regarding a peculiar body image through a performance on the piano.