Embodiment

TP — Avatar and Embodiment in VR

Overview In this lab, you will explore how avatars are created, animated, and embodied in Virtual Reality. Avatars are a central component of immersive systems. They allow users to perceive and interact with virtual environments through a virtual body.

Last updated on Mar 11, 2026 Teaching, Labs

AR Filters Change How We Think, Not Who We Like: Effects of Role and Age Embodiment on Cognitive Performance and Age Bias

Brief AR aging and scientist-role filters did not reduce age bias; identification with scientist attire was modestly associated with math performance.

Marie Jarrell, Etienne Peillard

AR Filters Change How We Think, Not Who We Like: Effects of Role and Age Embodiment on Cognitive Performance and Age Bias

Body Perception and Morphology in Augmented Reality

PhD research project investigating embodiment, self-body perception, and body-image applications when a modified virtual body is combined with the physical world in Augmented Reality.

Body Perception and Morphology in Augmented Reality

Using Identification with AR Face Filters to Predict Explicit and Implicit Gender Bias

Identification with gender-manipulated AR face filters relates to explicit gender-norm agreement, but not to implicit gender bias, in ways that depend on the user and filter.

Marie Jarrell, Etienne Peillard

Using Identification with AR Face Filters to Predict Explicit and Implicit Gender Bias

AR identity, face filters and societal biases

This project examines how identification with augmented versions of oneself shapes attitudes, self-perception, and cognitive performance in everyday AR face-filter experiences.

AR identity, face filters and societal biases