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Multi-Ray Jumping: Comprehensible Group Navigation for Collocated Users in Immersive Virtual Reality


Abstract:

The collaborative exploration of virtual environments benefits from joint group navigation capabilities. In this paper, we focus on the design and evaluation of a short-r...Show More

Abstract:

The collaborative exploration of virtual environments benefits from joint group navigation capabilities. In this paper, we focus on the design and evaluation of a short-range teleportation technique (jumping) for a group of collocated users wearing head-mounted displays. In a pilot study with expert users, we tested three naïve group jumping approaches and derived the requirements for comprehensible group jumping. We propose a novel Multi-Ray Jumping technique to meet these requirements and report results of two formal user studies, one exploring the effects of passive jumping on simulator sickness symptoms (N=20) and a second one investigating the advantages of our novel technique compared to naïve group jumping (N=22). The results indicate that Multi-Ray Jumping decreases spatial confusion for passengers, increases planning accuracy for navigators, and reduces cognitive load for both.
Date of Conference: 23-27 March 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 15 August 2019
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Conference Location: Osaka, Japan

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