Improving virtual reality safety precautions with depth sensing

Huang, Shaoyan; Bai, Huidong; Mandalika, V. B. H.; Lindeman, Robert W.

doi:10.1145/3292147.3292241

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“…Previous work has aimed at improving the safety of VR play spaces by adopting depth-sensing systems, and LiDAR scans [4]. These proposed systems augment static guardian volumes beyond Manhattan cuboid principles to accurately map the real space that a VR exposure will take place within.…”

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Object Detection Systems Informing Users of Guardian Space Dangers Through Haptic Displays

Colombo

Satilmis

Davies

et al. 2022

2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET)

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Modern virtual reality applications rely on the guardian space to guarantee safety to the users during interactions. The current state of technology adopts virtual walls or meshes projected to the virtual space to alert users when their reach approaches the boundaries of the guardian space, requiring constant attention to the visual display. In this paper, we explore haptic displays as an alternative modality to alert users about dangers in the guardian space. We adopt object detection to analyse the scene within the guardian space, detecting unseen objects entering the space, i.e. a cat approaching the user's surroundings, causing a haptic display to signal the user the direction of the danger. We develop a proof-of-concept system capable of alerting a user of changes to the scene within the guardian space, demonstrating the feasibility of the system and its potential applications for extended reality platforms.

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confidence: 99%

Object Detection Systems Informing Users of Guardian Space Dangers Through Haptic Displays

Colombo

Satilmis

Davies

et al. 2022

2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET)

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“…Lin projected the spatial position information of the keyboard in the physical space into the virtual environment and calibrated the keyboard position information in the virtual environment and the keyboard position information in the physical space to allow users to conveniently use the keyboard in the virtual environment 4 . Shaoyan Huang et al used a depth sensor to measure information about objects in the physical space and displayed it in the form of a grid in a virtual environment to form a grid boundary 5 . When the user moves in the VR environment, the user's security is guaranteed.…”

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The influence of fusion display mode on the user's sense of personal security in virtual immersion system

Weng

Guo

et al. 2021

J Soc Info Display

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During the immersive virtual reality experience, because the visual senses are completely enclosed in the virtual environment, they are unable to perceive environmental changes in the real world and produce unsafe feelings, which affects their experience in virtual reality systems. In order to improve people's sense of security in the immersive virtual reality experience, the paper has designed four ways to interact with the real world in a virtual environment, so that users can get real‐world information in the virtual environment. This paper tests users' changes in their sense of security during immersive virtual reality experiences under the influence of various interaction methods and conduct psychological analysis. Twenty‐one volunteers are recruited to participate in the experiment, and their personal safety and psychological effects are tested. The experimental results show that the method of using Yolcat neural network to segment the captured images according to categories and then fuse the segmented images into the virtual environment can improve the user's sense of security without destroying the immersion.

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“…How much congruence between physical and virtual space do office workers need to work productively, safely, healthy and enjoyably? When working in a physical environment, co-located with other users, questions about awareness in VR office environments rise [41,30,34]. Also, transitions between physical and virtual world have been studied , e.g., in terms of presence [35,58,57,60,33].…”

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Towards a Practical Virtual Office for Mobile Knowledge Workers

Ofek,

Grubert,

Pahud

et al. 2020

Preprint

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Figure 1. Left: Virtual Reality (VR) enables customized office environments, including large displays and background disturbance reduction, even in challenging environments such as airplanes. To this end, the interaction space is designed to be as small as possible to avoid interfering with the physical environment. Middle: A user interacts with remote participants in a physical office over a tabletop using physical screens as surrogates [59]. Right: The same setting in VR with virtual representation of users.

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Improving virtual reality safety precautions with depth sensing

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Object Detection Systems Informing Users of Guardian Space Dangers Through Haptic Displays

Object Detection Systems Informing Users of Guardian Space Dangers Through Haptic Displays

The influence of fusion display mode on the user's sense of personal security in virtual immersion system

Towards a Practical Virtual Office for Mobile Knowledge Workers

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