Liu, Q;
Steed, A;
(2021)
Social Virtual Reality Platform Comparison and Evaluation Using a Guided Group Walkthrough Method.
Frontiers in Virtual Reality
, 2
, Article 668181. 10.3389/frvir.2021.668181.
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Abstract
As virtual reality (VR) headsets become more commercially accessible, a range of social platforms have been developed that exploit the immersive nature of these systems. There is a growing interest in using these platforms in social and work contexts, but relatively little work into examining the usability choices that have been made. We developed a usability inspection method based on cognitive walkthrough that we call guided group walkthrough. Guided group walkthrough is applied to existing social VR platforms by having a guide walk the participants through a series of abstract social tasks that are common across the platforms. Using this method we compared six social VR platforms for the Oculus Quest. After constructing an appropriate task hierarchy and walkthrough question structure for social VR, we ran several groups of participants through the walkthrough process. We undercover usability challenges that are common across the platforms, identify specific design considerations and comment on the utility of the walkthrough method in this situation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Social Virtual Reality Platform Comparison and Evaluation Using a Guided Group Walkthrough Method |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/frvir.2021.668181 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.668181 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Liu and Steed. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | Collaborative virtual environment, cognitive walkthrough, usability inspection methods, consumer virtual reality, social virtual reality |
| UCL classification: | 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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10156692 |
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