Motor Imagery Performance Through Embodied Digital Twins in a Virtual Reality-Enabled Brain-Computer Interface EnvironmentKishor Lakshminarayanan 1, Rakshit Shah 2, Vadivelan Ramu 1, Deepa Madathil 3, Yifei Yao 4, Inga Wang 5, Brahim Brahmi 6, Mohammad Habibur Rahman 7
1Department of Sensors and Biomedical Tech, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, 2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona, 3Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, O. P. Jindal Global University, 4Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory, Med-X Research Institute, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 5Department of Occupational Science & Technology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 6Electrical Engineering, Collège Ahuntsic, 7Department of Mechanical Engineering, BioRobotics Lab, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Motor imagery in a virtual reality environment has wide applications in brain-computer interface systems. This manuscript outlines the use of personalized digital avatars that resemble the participants performing movements imagined by the participant in a virtual reality environment to enhance immersion and a sense of body ownership.
