Design and Evaluation of Travel and Orientation Techniques for Desk VR

Typical VR interactions can be tiring, including standing up, walking, and mid-air gestures. Such interactions result in decreased comfort and session duration compared with traditional non-VR interfaces, which may, in turn, reduce productivity. Nevertheless, current approaches often neglect this as...

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Published in:Proceedings (IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces. Online) pp. 222 - 231
Main Authors: Amaro, Guilherme, Mendes, Daniel, Rodrigues, Rui
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 01.03.2022
Subjects:
Computing methodologies-Computer graphics-Graphics systems and interfaces-Virtual reality
Conferences
Cybersickness
Ergonomics
Human-centered computing-Human computer interaction (HCI)-Interaction techniques
Legged locomotion
Navigation
Productivity
Three-dimensional displays
ISSN:2642-5254
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Summary:Typical VR interactions can be tiring, including standing up, walking, and mid-air gestures. Such interactions result in decreased comfort and session duration compared with traditional non-VR interfaces, which may, in turn, reduce productivity. Nevertheless, current approaches often neglect this aspect, making the VR experience not as promising as it can be. As we see it, desk VR experiences provide the convenience and comfort of a desktop experience and the benefits of VR immersion, being a good compromise between the overall experience and ergonomics. In this work, we explore navigation techniques targeted at desk VR users, using both controllers and a large multi-touch surface. We address travel and orientation techniques independently, considering only continuous approaches for travel as these are better suited for exploration and both continuous and discrete approaches for orientation. Results revealed advantages for a continuous controller-based travel method and a trend for a dragging-based orientation technique. Also, we identified possible trends towards task focus affecting overall cybersickness symptomatology.
ISSN:2642-5254
DOI:10.1109/VR51125.2022.00041