Thermal pain and detection threshold modulation in augmented reality - Virtual & augmented ENvIronments for Simulation & Experiments
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Thermal pain and detection threshold modulation in augmented reality

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Augmented Reality (AR) overlays computer-generated visual, auditory or other sensory information onto the real world. Due to recent technological advancement in the field, it can become increasingly difficult for the user to differentiate between sensory information coming from real and virtual objects, leading to interesting perceptual phenomena. For example, an AR experience in which users can experience their own hands in flames has been shown to elicit heat illusions on the affected hands. In this study, we investigate the potential that AR has for top-down modulation of pain and thermal perception. We assessed thermal pain and detection thresholds on the participant's right hand while covering it with realistic virtual flames. We compared this experience to a baseline condition with no additional stimuli. We also report on a condition in which the hand is covered by a blue fluid not instantly associated with fire. We found that experiencing a virtual burning hand induces analgesic as well hyperalgesic effects as participants begin to feel heat related pain at lower temperatures and cold related pain at higher temperatures. The experience also impacts significantly on the lowest temperature at which participants starts perceiving warmth. The blue fluid do not affect the thresholds corresponding to the baseline condition. Our research thus confirms previous experiments showing that pain and thermal perception can be manipulated by by AR, while providing quantitative results on the magnitude of this effect.
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hal-04357795 , version 1 (21-12-2023)

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Daniel Eckhoff, Christian Sandor, Gladys L Y Cheing, Jan Schnupp, Alvaro Cassinelli. Thermal pain and detection threshold modulation in augmented reality. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2022, 3, ⟨10.3389/frvir.2022.952637⟩. ⟨hal-04357795⟩
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