{"year":"2025","department":[{"_id":"102"}],"publication":"MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion”","publisher":"Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.","series_title":"Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)","status":"public","file_date_updated":"2026-02-05T15:28:16Z","author":[{"first_name":"George","last_name":"Fejer","full_name":"Fejer, George"},{"first_name":"Till","last_name":"Holzapfel","full_name":"Holzapfel, Till"},{"last_name":"Gómez-Emilsson","first_name":"Andrés","full_name":"Gómez-Emilsson, Andrés"},{"full_name":"Hirvonen, Taru","first_name":"Taru","last_name":"Hirvonen"},{"full_name":"Jermaks, Raimonds","first_name":"Raimonds","last_name":"Jermaks"},{"first_name":"Johannes","last_name":"Blum","full_name":"Blum, Johannes"},{"full_name":"Lobser, David","first_name":"David","last_name":"Lobser"},{"first_name":"Anestis-Pere","last_name":"Lalidis Mateo","id":"236796","full_name":"Lalidis Mateo, Anestis-Pere"},{"first_name":"David","last_name":"Glowacki","full_name":"Glowacki, David"},{"last_name":"Gaebler","first_name":"Michael","full_name":"Gaebler, Michael"},{"full_name":"Lenggenhager, Bigna","last_name":"Lenggenhager","first_name":"Bigna"}],"type":"conference","date_updated":"2026-02-06T07:38:20Z","urn":"urn:nbn:de:hbz:bi10-65742","conference":{"end_date":"2025-09-03","name":"Mensch und Computer 2025","location":"Chemnitz","start_date":"2025-08-31"},"corporate_editor":["Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)"],"has_accepted_license":"1","file":[{"date_created":"2026-02-05T15:28:16Z","access_level":"open_access","creator":"alalidismateo","file_id":"6575","file_size":27519068,"relation":"main_file","file_name":"muc-2025-mci-174.pdf","content_type":"application/pdf","success":1,"date_updated":"2026-02-05T15:28:16Z"}],"date_created":"2026-02-05T15:30:06Z","oa":"1","place":"Bonn","publication_status":"published","doi":"10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174","user_id":"263827","keyword":["altered states of consciousness","bioresponsive systems","breath-based interaction","symmetry theory of valence","interoceptive-exteroceptive substitution","visual-respiratory coupling"],"citation":{"short":"G. Fejer, T. Holzapfel, A. Gómez-Emilsson, T. Hirvonen, R. Jermaks, J. Blum, D. Lobser, A.-P. Lalidis Mateo, D. Glowacki, M. Gaebler, B. Lenggenhager, in: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) (Ed.), MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-Greifbare Interaktion,” Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Bonn, 2025.","bibtex":"@inproceedings{Fejer_Holzapfel_Gómez-Emilsson_Hirvonen_Jermaks_Blum_Lobser_Lalidis Mateo_Glowacki_Gaebler_et al._2025, place={Bonn}, series={Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)}, title={Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174\">10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174</a>}, booktitle={MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion”}, publisher={Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.}, author={Fejer, George and Holzapfel, Till and Gómez-Emilsson, Andrés and Hirvonen, Taru and Jermaks, Raimonds and Blum, Johannes and Lobser, David and Lalidis Mateo, Anestis-Pere and Glowacki, David and Gaebler, Michael and et al.}, editor={Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)Editor}, year={2025}, collection={Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)} }","chicago":"Fejer, George, Till Holzapfel, Andrés Gómez-Emilsson, Taru Hirvonen, Raimonds Jermaks, Johannes Blum, David Lobser, et al. “Viscereality: A Bio-Responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness.” In <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-Greifbare Interaktion,”</i> edited by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI). Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174\">https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174</a>.","alphadin":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Fejer, George</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Holzapfel, Till</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Gómez-Emilsson, Andrés</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Hirvonen, Taru</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Jermaks, Raimonds</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Blum, Johannes</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Lobser, David</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Lalidis Mateo, Anestis-Pere</span> ; u. a.</span>: Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness. In: <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)</span> (Hrsg.): <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion”</i>, <i>Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)</i>. Bonn : Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2025","apa":"Fejer, G., Holzapfel, T., Gómez-Emilsson, A., Hirvonen, T., Jermaks, R., Blum, J., … Lenggenhager, B. (2025). Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness. In Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) (Ed.), <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion.”</i> Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174\">https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174</a>","mla":"Fejer, George, et al. “Viscereality: A Bio-Responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness.” <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-Greifbare Interaktion,”</i> edited by Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174\">10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174</a>.","ieee":"G. Fejer <i>et al.</i>, “Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness,” in <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-greifbare Interaktion,”</i> Chemnitz, 2025.","ama":"Fejer G, Holzapfel T, Gómez-Emilsson A, et al. Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness. In: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), ed. <i>MCI-WS11: 18th Workshop “Be-Greifbare Interaktion.”</i> Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.; 2025. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174\">10.18420/MUC2025-MCI-WS11-174</a>"},"project":[{"name":"Institute for Building Intelligence","_id":"A827C0AA-C7DA-11E9-B0AE-1F4CB252D58D"}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"_id":"6574","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We introduce a bioresponsive virtual reality system that maps users’ breathing patterns to dynamic, spatialized visual feedback. The system implements Gestalt principles, such as good figure, similarity, and symmetry, within a 3D particle-based environment to enhance the embodiment of interoceptive and exteroceptive space, aiming to\r\nblur the subjective boundary between bodily self and the external virtual space. Moreover, the system incorporates coupling kernels within a dynamic system composed of Kuramoto oscillators, enabling the emergence of geometric visual symmetries during breath retention phases. This architecture provides an experimental framework for investigating how visual–respiratory coupling of space can influence perceived bodily boundaries and peripersonal space, as well as for testing how such coupling affects positively valenced aspects of subjective experience, drawing on principles from the Symmetry Theory of Valence. A short video summary of the system is available at: https://osf.io/4enfg."}],"title":"Viscereality: A Bio-responsive VR System for Breath-Based Interactions and Coupled Oscillator Dynamics to Augment Altered States of Consciousness"}