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Casual immersive viewing with smartphones

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Ismo Rakkolainen,

Tobias Höllerer,

Karri PalovuoriAuthors Info & Claims

AcademicMindtrek '16: Proceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference

Pages 449 - 452

https://doi.org/10.1145/2994310.2994314

Published: 17 October 2016 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we explore how to better integrate virtual reality viewing to a smartphone. We present novel designs for casual (short-term) immersive viewing of spatial and 3D content, such as augmented and virtual reality, with smartphones. Our goal is to create a simple and low-cost casual-viewing design which could be retrofitted and eventually be embedded into smartphones, instead of using larger spatial viewing accessories. We explore different designs and implemented several prototypes. One prototype uses thin and light near-to-eye optics with a smartphone display, thus providing the user with the functionality of a large, high-resolution virtual display.

Our designs also enable 3D user interfaces. Easy interaction through various gestures and other modalities is possible by using the inertial and other sensors and camera of the smartphone. Our preliminary concepts are a starting point for exploring useful constructions and designs for such usage.

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DOI:10.1145/2994310

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McLaughlin ADeLucia PDrews FVaughn-Cooke MKumar ANesbitt RCluff K(2020)Evaluating Medical Devices Remotely: Current Methods and Potential InnovationsHuman Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society10.1177/001872082095364462:7(1041-1060)Online publication date: 22-Sep-2020
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Queiroz ANascimento ATori Rda Silva Leme M(2018)Using HMD-Based Immersive Virtual Environments in Primary/K-12 EducationImmersive Learning Research Network10.1007/978-3-319-93596-6_11(160-173)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2018
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Rakkolainen IRaisamo RTurk MHöllerer TTurunen MVäätäjä HPaavilainen JOlsson T(2017)Field-of-view extension for VR viewersProceedings of the 21st International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3131085.3131088(227-230)Online publication date: 20-Sep-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3131085.3131088
Rakkolainen IRaisamo RTurk MHollerer TPalovuori K(2017)Extreme field-of-view for head-mounted displays2017 3DTV Conference: The True Vision - Capture, Transmission and Display of 3D Video (3DTV-CON)10.1109/3DTV.2017.8280417(1-4)Online publication date: Jun-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/3DTV.2017.8280417

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