Embodying an artificial agent through immersive virtual reality (IVR) may lead to feeling vicariously somatosensory stimuli on one’s body which are in fact never delivered. To explore whether vicarious touch in IVR reflects the basic individual and soci
[i.e., like rubber hand11, full body12;or even faces,13], studies show that ownership over virtual body parts can be easily induced using immersive virtual reality—IVR14. More specifically, by using a head-mounted display (HMD) it is possible to substitute the participant’s real body...