Controlling VR games: control schemes and the player experience

Martel, Erin; Müldner, Kasia

doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2017.04.004

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Some research has considered new input and travel techniques for VR games (without comparisons to non-VR equivalents). 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].…”

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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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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“…This allows computers to build a virtual environment that can achieve a high degree of similarity with the real environment. However, in the field of virtual reality, interaction with virtual objects with haptic feedback is considered an integral part of immersion (Martel and Muldner, 2017). Although graphic rendering can achieve high precision for surface textures, the haptic sensation has not yet been reproduced to a degree close to the precision of visual reproduction.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Robust Approach for Reproducing the Haptic Sensation of Sandpaper With Different Roughness During Bare Fingertip Interaction

Zhang

Kajimoto

2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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When reproducing realistic virtual textures for bare finger interaction, an accelerometer attached to a fingernail is commonly used. This measurement depends on the dynamic conditions during the exploration action, and slight differences in roughness are difficult to acquire accurately because of masking by shivering, low-pass filtering by the finger tissue, and sensor accuracy. We propose a simpler yet robust approach based on the 3D measurement of the surface and compare it with the conventional approach. The 3D surface images of sandpaper with different degrees of roughness were captured using a 3D microscope, and the line roughness curve was transformed into an acceleration curve by quadratic differential transformation. The real-time acceleration and frictional force were measured by an accelerometer and force sensor for comparison. A haptic device replaying acceleration-based vibrations by two audio speakers and producing tangential force by a motor-controlled liner slide was developed for reproduction. We conducted experiments with participants to evaluate the reproduction approach. Experimental results showed that the conventional approach obtained sufficient discriminability with the assistance of force, whereas the proposed approach achieved higher reproducibility and discriminability by sole vibration. Thus, our approach provides a new reference for studies of bare finger interaction with rough surfaces.

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“…It even can captivate novices who are not familiar with new technologies (Zhang, 2017). As VR has consistently developed, the field of introducing VR technologies is progressively expanding, such as computer game (Martel and Muldner, 2017), virtual training (Bertram et al, 2015), automotive industry (Lawson et al, 2016), and healthcare (Rose et al, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%