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pith:2026:GEZZT2L2EB6P6PFSDJSM4KBSQG

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Bodyless Presence: Reconsidering the Minimal Self in Immersive Video

Koichi Toida

In immersive video the minimal self is a spatially located viewpoint with body schema backgrounded rather than a subject of agency or ownership.

arxiv:2605.03873 v2 · 2026-05-05 · cs.HC · cs.CY

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C1strongest claim

The minimal self in immersive video is therefore redescribed not primarily as a subject of agency or ownership, but as a self spatially located at a viewpoint while the body schema remains backgrounded.

C2weakest assumption

That immersive video's limited sensorimotor contingency and lack of agency reliably background the body schema while making self-location dominant, as stated from a phenomenological standpoint without further empirical grounding.

C3one line summary

Immersive video produces bodyless presence in which the minimal self is experienced primarily as spatial self-location at the viewpoint with body schema backgrounded.

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First computed	2026-06-01T02:03:42.299345Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

Canonical hash

313399e97a207cff3cb21a64ce283281a06b8c9fcf18cd2f465b7d8a6117e128

Aliases

arxiv: 2605.03873 · arxiv_version: 2605.03873v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.03873 · pith_short_12: GEZZT2L2EB6P · pith_short_16: GEZZT2L2EB6P6PFS · pith_short_8: GEZZT2L2

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/GEZZT2L2EB6P6PFSDJSM4KBSQG \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
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