Abtahi, P;
Gonzalez-Franco, M;
Ofek, E;
Steed, A;
(2019)
I'm a Giant: Walking in Large Virtual Environments at High Speed Gains.
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Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery): New York (NY), USA.
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Abstract
Advances in tracking technology and wireless headsets enable walking as a means of locomotion in Virtual Reality. When exploring virtual environments larger than room-scale, it is often desirable to increase users' perceived walking speed, for which we investigate three methods. (1) Ground-Level Scaling increases users' avatar size, allowing them to walk farther. (2) Eye-Level Scaling enables users to walk through a World in Miniature, while maintaining a street-level view. (3) Seven-League Boots amplifies users' movements along their walking path. We conduct a study comparing these methods and find that users feel most embodied using Ground-Level Scaling and consequently increase their stride length. Using Seven-League Boots, unlike the other two methods, diminishes positional accuracy at high gains, and users modify their walking behavior to compensate for the lack of control. We conclude with a discussion on each technique's strength and weaknesses and the types of situation they might be appropriate for.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | I'm a Giant: Walking in Large Virtual Environments at High Speed Gains |
| Event: | The 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Location: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Dates: | 4th-9th May 2019 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4503-5970-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3290605.3300752 |
| Publisher version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300752 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Virtual Reality, Locomotion, Walking Speed, Translational Gain, Seven-League Boots, World in Miniuature, Body Scale |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10077241 |
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