Podkosova, I., & Kaufmann, H. (2015). Mutual Proximity Awareness in Immersive Multi-User Virtual Environments with Real Walking. In M. Imura, P. Figueroa, & B. Mohler (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (pp. 109–116). Eurographics Association. https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20151317
Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
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ISBN:
978-3-905674-84-2
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Date (published):
2015
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Event name:
ICAT-EGVE 2015 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
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Event date:
28-Oct-2015 - 30-Oct-2015
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Event place:
Kyoto, Japan, Japan
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Number of Pages:
8
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Publisher:
Eurographics Association
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Publisher:
The Eurographics Association
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Peer reviewed:
Yes
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Keywords:
Virtual Reality
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Abstract:
Are users aware of each other in an immersive multi-user virtual environment if they cannot see or hear each
other? We present a study on users´ awareness of other users who share the same physical space. The goal of our
research is to investigate proximity awareness when walking in multi-user virtual environments. The high degree
of immersion in our virtual environment is achieved through the use of a head-mounted display and real walking in
a large tracked space. In our experiment, pairs of participants are required to walk on pre-defined paths towards
or side by side to each other and point at their test partners if they feel their presence. Our results show that 1/3 of
the participants who had a-priori knowledge about the possible proximity of their test partners could notice their
test partners during the experiment at a distance shorter than 1m. The test subjects who did not have any a-priori
knowledge proved to be not aware of other users.
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Research Areas:
Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology: 100%