We are thrilled to have shared our latest research at the MOCO ’26 Movoment Computing Conference in Montpellier, France, this April. Our team presented the findings of a study focused on a novel, portable approach to the “Footsteps Illusion.”

While traditional sonification systems often require controlled laboratory environments, our work introduces a movement-synchronized system using prerecorded footstep sounds. By manipulating frequency—triggering sensations of a lighter or heavier body—we demonstrated that these effects can be successfully reproduced using movement-triggered prerecorded footstep sounds. Our results confirm that auditory feedback remains a powerful tool for altering body perception and gait, even outside the lab.