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First-person experience and usability of co-located interaction in a projection-based virtual environment

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VRST '05: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1101616.1101622

Published: 07 November 2005 Publication History

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Large screen projection-based display systems are very often not used by a single user alone, but shared by a small group of people. We have developed an interaction paradigm allowing multiple users to share a virtual environment in a conventional single-view stereoscopic projection-based display system, with each of the users handling the same interface and having a full first-person experience of the environment.Multi-viewpoint images allow the use of spatial interaction techniques for multiple users in a conventional projection-based display. We evaluate the effectiveness of multi-viewpoint images for ray selection and direct object manipulation in a qualitative usability study and show that interaction with multi-viewpoint images is comparable to fully head-tracked (single-user) interaction. Based on ray casting and direct object manipulation, using tracked PDA's as common interaction device, we develop a technique for co-located multi-user interaction in conventional projection-based virtual environments. Evaluation of the VRGEO Demonstrator, an application for the review of complex 3D geo-seismic data sets in the oil-and-gas industry, shows that this paradigm allows multiple users to each have a full first-person experience of a complex, interactive virtual environment.

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Index Terms

First-person experience and usability of co-located interaction in a projection-based virtual environment
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Image and video acquisition
        3D imaging
  2. Computer graphics
    1. Animation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing

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VRST '05: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology

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DOI:10.1145/1101616

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Naval Postgraduate School
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City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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University of Cyprus, Cyprus
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Naval Postgraduate School

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