Impact of the motion and visual complexity of the background on players' performance in video game-like displays

Caroux, Loïc; Bigot, Ludovic Le; Vibert, Nicolas

doi:10.1080/00140139.2013.847214

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“…The influence of specific elements of the video game visual interfaces, such as point of view or background characteristics, on player performance or experience has been investigated in several studies (e.g., Bae et al, 2012;Browne and Anand, 2012;Caroux et al, 2015bCaroux et al, , 2013Caroux et al, , 2011Dyson, 2010;Hou et al, 2012;Jie and Clark, 2008;Knez and Niedenthal, 2008;Sabri et al, 2007;Takatalo et al, 2011;Wolfson and Case, 2000;Yannakakis et al, 2010). However, only a few of them investigated the influence of HUDs on player behavior, and more specifically on player experience.…”

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Influence of head-up displays’ characteristics on user experience in video games

Caroux

Isbister

2016

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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Head-up displays (HUD) are important parts of visual interfaces of virtual environments such as video games. However, few studies have investigated their role in player-video game interactions. Two experiments were designed to investigate the influence of HUDs on player experience according to player expertise and game genre. Experiment 1 used eye-tracking and interviews to understand how and to what extent players use and experience HUDs in two types of commercial games: first-person shooter and real-time strategy games. Results showed that displaying a permanent HUD within the visual interface may improve the understanding of this environment by players. They also revealed that two HUD characteristics, namely composition and spatial organization, have particular influence on player experience. These critical characteristics were manipulated in experiment 2 to study more precisely the influence of HUD design choices on player experience. Results showed that manipulation of design of these HUD characteristics influences player experience in different ways according to player expertise and game genre. For games with HUDs that are perceived as very useful, the higher player expertise is, the more player experience is influenced. Recommendations for video game design based on these results are proposed.

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Influence of head-up displays’ characteristics on user experience in video games

Caroux

Isbister

2016

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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“…This attack adjusts the VR immersed user's location and rotation in the virtual play-space. When users are subject to visual motion cues in the absence of physical motion, Visually Induced Motion Sickness (VIMS) can occur [19]. By applying the translation and rotation vigorously and randomly we replicated a seasick sensation.…”

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Immersive Virtual Reality Attacks and the Human Joystick

Casey

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Yarramreddy

2021

IEEE Trans. Dependable and Secure Comput.

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This is one of the first accounts for the security analysis of consumer immersive Virtual Reality (VR) systems. This work breaks new ground, coins new terms, and constructs proof of concept implementations of attacks related to immersive VR. Our work used the two most widely adopted immersive VR systems, the HTC Vive, and the Oculus Rift. More specifically, we were able to create attacks that can potentially disorient users, turn their Head Mounted Display (HMD) camera on without their knowledge, overlay images in their field of vision, and modify VR environmental factors that force them into hitting physical objects and walls. Finally, we illustrate through a human participant deception study the success of being able to exploit VR systems to control immersed users and move them to a location in physical space without their knowledge. We term this the Human Joystick Attack. We conclude our work with future research directions and ways to enhance the security of these systems.

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“…Because the moving background triggered the OKN, large errors of localization were observed compared with the fixed version of the same background. Caroux et al [14,15] studied the effect of background motion on the perception of superimposed items during a shooting task. Participants had to detect targets that appeared randomly on patterned backgrounds and shoot them as rapidly as possible.…”

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“…environments e.g., [15,[16][17][18]. On the black-and-white background, background motion impaired performance only when the main target detection and shooting task was easy.…”

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“…As detailed below, many studies have shown that the features of the visual background, including background motion [14][15][16][17][18], could impair people's performance in various tasks and situations. Generally, the negative impact of background motion can be explained by people's visual behavior, which reflects attentional processes e.g., [19].…”

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How visual background motion and task difficulty modulate players’ performance in a shooting task

2015

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International audienceIn many virtual environments, such as those of video games, the scene background moves to give the illusion of movement. In the present study, two experiments were designed to investigate the combined impact of lateral background motion and task difficulty on players’ performance in a target-shooting task. Participants had to perform the task on either the moving or the stationary version of a patterned background that was either green (Experiment 1) or black-and-white (Experiment 2). The difficulty of the task was manipulated by varying the number of visual features shared between the target and distractor items. In accordance with the literature, the participants’ performance was worse, and the number and duration of participants’ fixations increased when the task was difficult. Background motion had an additive, negative impact on performance. When the background was black-and-white, background motion had an impact only when the task was easy but not when it was difficult. Design recommendations based on manipulations of the background characteristics are proposed to establish the level of difficulty in simple video games that use lateral background motion

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Impact of the motion and visual complexity of the background on players' performance in video game-like displays

Cited by 23 publications

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Influence of head-up displays’ characteristics on user experience in video games

Immersive Virtual Reality Attacks and the Human Joystick

How visual background motion and task difficulty modulate players’ performance in a shooting task

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