RT Article
T1 Harm, Consent, and Virtual Selves in Full-Body Ownership Illusions: Real Concerns for Immersive Virtual Reality Therapies
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 29
IS 4
SP 585
OP 591
A1 Botero, Maria
A1 Whatley, Elise
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1827976322
AB This paper analyzes in the use of virtual reality when used to induce full-body ownership in violent offenders in order to elicit empathetic feelings by allowing them to embody the virtual body of a victim of domestic abuse. The authors explore potentially harmful effects to individuals participating in this kind of therapy and question whether consent is fully informed. The paper concludes with guidelines for ethical research and rehabilitation using this innovative technology.
K1 full-body ownership
K1 Domestic abuse
K1 Virtual Reality
DO 10.1017/S096318012000033X