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Beyond Freud: Acquiring New Body Parts in Virtual Reality

• Avatars in VR are not limited by the biological constraints of the human body. 
• In one study, participants reported they could move and even feel an extra arm fabricated in VR as their own. 
• As technology advances, avatars may be endowed with multiple and/or unique sex organs.

See the full article here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-of-intimacy/202305/beyond-freud-acquiring-new-body-parts-in-virtual-reality