A Prototyping Method to Simulate Wearable Augmented Reality Interaction in a Virtual Environment - A Pilot Study

Alce, Günter; Hermodsson, Klas; Wallergård, Mattias; Thern, Lars; Hadzovic, Tarik

doi:10.11159/vwhci.2015.003

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“…However, the HTC Vive with its sub-millimeter precision and 6DOF tracking constitutes a huge step in the right direction, which could be observed in this study. For example, in Alce et al [20] study the authors were not able to find any statistically significant differences between the evaluated interaction concepts while in this study we could. However, this should be compared with similar IoT interactions in with physical prototypes to provide more evidence of using VR for prototype IoT interactions.…”

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“…The results from their study show the users being very optimistic of how VR can improve the overall maintenance process. Alce et al [20] used VR for simulating IoT interaction with glasses-based AR. This had the advantage of creating a realistic experience in terms of AR display resolution and tracking.…”

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“…Results from a similar study by Alce et al [20] suggested that using VR as a tool for IoT interaction has potential but that "several challenges remain before meaningful data can be produced in controlled experiments." Tracking was identified as one such challenge: the 3DOF tracking of the Oculus Rift DK1 used in that study limited the usefulness of the method.…”

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Design and Evaluation of Three Interaction Models for Manipulating Internet of Things (IoT) Devices in Virtual Reality

Alce

Ternblad

Wallergård

2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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More and more things are getting connected to the internet, including lights, speakers, and refrigerators. These connected things are an example of what a smart home system that is part of the Internet of Things (IoT) can incorporate. IoT enables advanced services by interconnecting physical and virtual things. But, building interactive prototypes for smart home systems can be difficult and costly, since it involves a number of different devices and systems with varying technological readiness level. Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that can create computer-generated environments and has been used as a design tool in many different domains, such as architecture, city planning, and industrial design. However, the focus has traditionally been on visualizing design proposals rather than letting the intended users directly interact with them. Recently, we have seen an intensified development of VR headsets such as HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. These headsets come with relatively welldeveloped hand controllers, which can be used to interact with the virtual environment. This opens up opportunities to develop and evaluate interactive virtual smart home systems. This paper presents three interaction models developed and evaluated using the new generation of VR technology. The interaction models were then compared in a user study with 18 participants. Some statistically significant differences and subjective preferences could be observed in the quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The main contribution of this paper is to elucidate knowledge about using VR as a prototyping tool to explore IoT interaction. Moreover, this study implies that you can collect and analyze data for statistical analysis using VR.

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Design and Evaluation of Three Interaction Models for Manipulating Internet of Things (IoT) Devices in Virtual Reality

Alce

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Wallergård

2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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“…They proposed an implementation of such a tool in a CAVE that is able to simulate a tablet or binocular AR glasses. Alce et al (2015) also proposed a VR tool that can simulate the interaction between an AR application and wearable devices. They illustrated this tool with a smart-home application.…”

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Evaluating Usability and User Experience of AR Applications in VR Simulation

Lacoche

Villain

Foulonneau

2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Validating an augmented reality application in a virtual reality simulation can offer many advantages compared to testing in real conditions and can speed up development processes. With such a simulation, developers and designers do not need to have constant physical access to the real place. They can save physical navigation, experiment with different kinds of devices and isolate testing parameters. While the validity of functional testing in virtual reality simulations is not particularly challenged, the validity of such simulations to evaluate user experience and usability, similarly as in real conditions, still needs to be assessed. We then conducted a user study to explore the validity of evaluating these criteria with a virtual reality simulation tool and the importance of simulation fidelity for that purpose. Indeed, we also seek to determine whether it is necessary to simulate the limited field of view of augmented reality glasses and if the simulation can take place in a virtual world that is not a replica of the real targeted environment. To do so, we have developed an augmented reality application for smart-homes where a user can interact with different connected objects. One group of users performed the experiment in the real place with augmented reality glasses and three other groups performed the same experiment in virtual reality with various simulation conditions (field of view and environment). Users’ subjective feedback and quantitative results only highlight very few differences between real-world conditions and simulation in virtual reality, whatever the simulation parameters used. These results suggest the interest in using virtual reality simulation to evaluate an augmented reality application but should be confirmed on other use cases and interaction tasks.

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“…Recently, Steindecker et al [19] took up this idea but focused on the design of the optics of an AR system. Alce et al [1] presented a similar approach. However, they focus on an AR system that allows only for interactions in a stationary situation.…”

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[POSTER] Augmented Reality Assistance in the Central Field-of-View Outperforms Peripheral Displays for Order Picking: Results from a Virtual Reality Simulation Study

Renner

Pfeiffer

2017

2017 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR-Adjunct)

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One area in which glasses-based augmented reality (AR) is successfully applied in industry is order picking in logistics (pick-byvision). Here, the almost hands-free operation and the direct integration into the digital workflow provided by augmented reality glasses are direct advantages. A common non-AR guidance technique for order picking is pickby-light. This is an efficient approach for single users and low numbers of alternative targets. AR glasses have the potential to overcome these limitations. However, making a grounded decision on the specific AR device and the particular guidance techniques to choose for a specific scenario is difficult, given the diversity of device characteristics and the lack of experience with smart glasses in industry at larger scale. The contributions of the paper are twofold. First, we present a virtual reality (VR) simulation approach to ground design decisions for AR-based solutions and apply it to the scenario of order picking. Second, we present results from a simulator study with implemented simulations for monocular and binocular head-mounted displays and compared existing techniques for attention guiding with our own SWave approach and the integration of eye tracking. Our results show clear benefits for the use of pick-by-vision compared to pick-by-light. In addition to that, we can show that binocular AR solutions outperform monocular ones in the attention guiding task.

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A Prototyping Method to Simulate Wearable Augmented Reality Interaction in a Virtual Environment - A Pilot Study

Abstract: Abstract-Recently, we have seen an intensified development of head mounted displays (HMD).

Cited by 14 publications

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Design and Evaluation of Three Interaction Models for Manipulating Internet of Things (IoT) Devices in Virtual Reality

Design and Evaluation of Three Interaction Models for Manipulating Internet of Things (IoT) Devices in Virtual Reality

Evaluating Usability and User Experience of AR Applications in VR Simulation

[POSTER] Augmented Reality Assistance in the Central Field-of-View Outperforms Peripheral Displays for Order Picking: Results from a Virtual Reality Simulation Study

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