A Comparison of Seated and Room-Scale Virtual Reality in a Serious Game for Epidural Preparation

Shewaga, Robert; Uribe-Quevedo, Álvaro; Kapralos, Bill; Alam, Fahad

doi:10.1109/tetc.2017.2746085

Cited by 30 publications

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“…A recent study compared room-scale VR with seated VR in a virtual environment in which the room-scale version covered the full virtual environment and thus no teleportation was required [16]. The results are in favor of the standing room-scale VR setup.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 97%

May I Remain Seated: A Pilot Study on the Impact of Reducing Room-Scale Trainings to Seated Conditions for Long Procedural Virtual Reality Trainings

Tehreem

Fracaro

Gallagher

et al. 2022

2022 8th International Conference on Virtual Reality (ICVR)

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Although modern consumer level head-mounteddisplays of today provide high-quality room scale tracking, and thus support a high level of immersion and presence, there are application contexts in which constraining oneself to seated set-ups is necessary. Classroom sized training groups are one highly relevant example. However, what is lost when constraining cybernauts to a stationary seated physical space? What is the impact on immersion, presence, cybersickness and what implications does this have on training success? Can a careful design for seated virtual reality (VR) amend some of these aspects? In this line of research, the study provides data on a comparison between standing and seated long (50-60 min) procedural VR training sessions of chemical operators in a realistic and lengthy chemical procedure (combination of digital and physical actions) inside a large 3-floor virtual chemical plant. Besides, a VR training framework based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs (MHN) is also proposed to systematically analyze the needs in VR environments.In the first of a series of studies, the physiological and safety needs of MHN are evaluated among seated and standing groups in the form of cybersickness, usability and user experience. The results (n=32, real personnel of a chemical plant) show no statistically significant differences among seated and standing groups. There were low levels of cybersickness along with good scores of usability and user experience for both conditions. From these results, it can be implied that the seated condition does not impose significant problems that might hinder its application in classroom training. A follow-up study with a larger sample will provide a more detailed analysis on differences in experienced presence and learning success.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 97%

May I Remain Seated: A Pilot Study on the Impact of Reducing Room-Scale Trainings to Seated Conditions for Long Procedural Virtual Reality Trainings

Tehreem

Fracaro

Gallagher

et al. 2022

2022 8th International Conference on Virtual Reality (ICVR)

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“…Virtual reality (VR) applications in medical training allow for the reproduction of realistic scenarios depicting procedures for developing cognitive and psycho-motor skills, performed in seated, standing, and room-scale settings [ 79 ]. However, given the recent widespread application of commodity VR, on-size-fits-all solutions lack support for the variability of users in terms of their ergonomics (e.g., height, reach, mobility), which can lead to usability issues [ 60 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

maxSIMhealth: An Interconnected Collective of Manufacturing, Design, and Simulation Labs to Advance Medical Simulation Training

Brooks

Brahman²,

Kapralos

et al. 2021

Intelligent Systems Reference Library

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maxSIMhealth is a multidisciplinary collaborative manufacturing, design, and simulation laboratory at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Canada combining expertise in Health Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Business and Information Technology, aiming at building community partnerships to advance simulation training. It focuses on existing simulation gaps, while providing innovative solutions that can change the status quo, thus leading to improved healthcare outcomes comprised of cutting-edge training opportunities. maxSIMhealth utilizes disruptive technologies (e.g., 3D printing, gaming, and emerging technologies such as extended reality) as innovative solutions that deliver cost-effective, portable, and realistic simulation catering the high variability of users and technologies, which is currently lacking. maxSIMhealth is a novel collaborative innovation with aims to develop future cohorts of scholars with strong interdisciplinary competencies to collaborate in new environments and to communicate professionally for successful medical-tech problem solving. The work being conducted within maxSIMhealth will transform the current health professional education landscape by providing novel, flexible, and inexpensive simulation experiences. In this chapter, a description of maxSIMhealth is provided along with an overview of several ongoing projects.

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“…Martel et al considered how to blend HMD input (facing direction) and mouse input for maximum effectiveness, and found that immersion and performance were highest when HMD was used exclusively for controlling the view and steering of the avatar, while the mouse is decoupled and used separately to perform interactions [12]. Shewaga et al found that room-scale travel increased immersion in a serious game for epidural preparation, as compared to a seated VR experience [21]. Bozgeyikli et al found that teleportation compared favorably to two other travel techniques (walking in place and joystick control) [4].…”

Section: Input and Travel For Immersive Vr Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guidelines on Successfully Porting Non-Immersive Games to Virtual Reality

Porter

Boyer

Robb

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Virtual reality games have grown rapidly in popularity since the first consumer VR head-mounted displays were released in 2016, however comparatively little research has explored how this new medium impacts the experience of players. In this paper, we present a study exploring how user experience changes when playing Minecraft on the desktop and in immersive virtual reality. Fourteen players completed six 45 minute sessions, three played on the desktop and three in VR. The Gaming Experience Questionnaire, the i-Group presence questionnaire, and the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire were administered after each session, and players were interviewed at the end of the experiment. Participants strongly preferred playing Minecraft in VR, despite frustrations with using teleporation as a travel technique and feelings of simulator sickness. Players enjoyed using motion controls, but still continued to use indirect input under certain circumstances. This did not appear to negatively impact feelings of presence. We conclude with four lessons for game developers interested in porting their games to virtual reality. CCS Concepts •Applied computing → Computer games; •Humancentered computing → Empirical studies in HCI;

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A Comparison of Seated and Room-Scale Virtual Reality in a Serious Game for Epidural Preparation

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

May I Remain Seated: A Pilot Study on the Impact of Reducing Room-Scale Trainings to Seated Conditions for Long Procedural Virtual Reality Trainings

May I Remain Seated: A Pilot Study on the Impact of Reducing Room-Scale Trainings to Seated Conditions for Long Procedural Virtual Reality Trainings

maxSIMhealth: An Interconnected Collective of Manufacturing, Design, and Simulation Labs to Advance Medical Simulation Training

Guidelines on Successfully Porting Non-Immersive Games to Virtual Reality

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