TechnoSapiens: Perceptions and Stereotyping of Bionic Body Restauration and Augmentation (B03)

• Subject Area: Social Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology ; Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
• Term: from 2020 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 416228727

We investigate the perception of and interaction with users of bionic embodied digital technologies (EDTs). We collect data on the self- and other perception of EDT users in qualitative interviews (WP1) and survey studies (WP2). In parallel, we develop a DR/AR system to replace body parts with bionic prostheses in virtual reality (WP3-WP5), in which we will run experiments on the perception of EDT users (WP6). In WP7 to WP9, we further develop the augmentation of body parts in the VR environment for experiments focusing on interactions with bionic EDT users and behavior analyses (WP10).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1410: Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Chemnitz
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Frank Asbrock; Professor Dr. Guido Brunnett; Professor Dr. Bertolt Meyer