Program

Sunday the 17th of March 8:00 - 12:00, room Fantasia F 

8:00-8:15 Introduction​

8:15-9:00 Keynote 1​ - Challenging the experience of embodying dissimilar avatars in virtual reality (Anatole Lécuyer)

9:00-10:00  Paper presentations (15 min presentation + 5 min questions per paper)​

Virtual Animal Embodiment for Actor Training 

Alberto Jovane,Donal Egan, Sue Mythen, Rachel McDonnell, Mauricio Flores Vargas

Exploring Agent-User Personality Similarity and Dissimilarity for Virtual Reality Psychotherapy​

Nina Döllinger, Jessica Topel, Mario Botsch, Carolin Wienrich, Marc Erich Latoschik, Jean-Luc Lugrin

Towards Full-Body Co-Embodiment for Human and Non-Human Avatars in Virtual Reality

Iana Podkosova, Hugo Brument

10:00-10:30 Coffee break (Demo)​

10:30-11:15 Keynote 2​ - Take a walk on the wild side: experimenting with human & animal avatars in virtual worlds (Rachel McDonell)

11:15-11:45 Panel​ discussion

11:45-12:00 Closing remarks​

Panel Summary