Using virtual reality treadmill as a locomotion technique in a navigation task: Impact on user experience – case of the KatWalk

Cherni, Heni; Nicolas, Souliman; Métayer, Natacha

doi:10.20870/ijvr.2021.21.1.3046

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“…Additionally, compatibility issues may arise when using devices other than the specified device depending on the type of tracker used. Moreover, research on using treadmills for WIP applications is ongoing with constant hardware advancements [18]. This method offers the advantage of virtually replicating the real-world movements of users.…”

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Implementation and Evaluation of Walk-in-Place Using a Low-Cost Motion-Capture Device for Virtual Reality Applications

Shin,

Choi,

Choi

et al. 2024

Sensors

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Virtual reality (VR) is used in many fields, including entertainment, education, training, and healthcare, because it allows users to experience challenging and dangerous situations that may be impossible in real life. Advances in head-mounted display technology have enhanced visual immersion, offering content that closely resembles reality. However, several factors can reduce VR immersion, particularly issues with the interactions in the virtual world, such as locomotion. Additionally, the development of locomotion technology is occurring at a moderate pace. Continuous research is being conducted using hardware such as treadmills, and motion tracking using depth cameras, but they are costly and space-intensive. This paper presents a walk-in-place (WIP) algorithm that uses Mocopi, a low-cost motion-capture device, to track user movements in real time. Additionally, its feasibility for VR applications was evaluated by comparing its performance with that of a treadmill using the absolute trajectory error metric and survey data collected from human participants. The proposed WIP algorithm with low-cost Mocopi exhibited performance similar to that of the high-cost treadmill, with significantly positive results for spatial awareness. This study is expected to contribute to solving the issue of spatial constraints when experiencing infinite virtual spaces.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation and Evaluation of Walk-in-Place Using a Low-Cost Motion-Capture Device for Virtual Reality Applications

Shin,

Choi,

Choi

et al. 2024

Sensors

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“…Walking-in-place (WIP) is still a prevalent VR locomotion technique (corresponding with the results from [3]). When looking more closely into the studies using WIP, a considerable number of them used treadmills for motion performance [11,31,35,41,53,58], which may suggest a need for "a more explicit focus on the perceived naturalness of WIP techniques; i.e., the degree to which WIP locomotion feels like real walking" [63]. Achieving higher levels of immersion may be the goal here, and more work on that topic, theoretical or technical, could be a promising research direction.…”

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A Typology of Virtual Reality Locomotion Techniques

Boletsis

Chasanidou

2022

MTI

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Researchers have proposed a wide range of categorization schemes in order to characterize the space of VR locomotion techniques. In a previous work, a typology of VR locomotion techniques was proposed, introducing motion-based, roomscale-based, controller-based, and teleportation-based types of VR locomotion. The fact that (i) the proposed typology is used widely and makes a significant research impact in the field and (ii) the VR locomotion field is a considerably active research field, creates the need for this typology to be up-to-date and valid. Therefore, the present study builds on this previous work, and the typology’s consistency is investigated through a systematic literature review. Altogether, 42 articles were included in this literature review, eliciting 80 instances of 10 VR locomotion techniques. The results indicated that current typology cannot cover teleportation-based techniques enabled by motion (e.g., gestures and gazes). Therefore, the typology was updated, and a new type was added: “motion-based teleporting.”

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“…Manufacturers of VR peripheral devices provide various types of treadmills that try to mitigate this issue. Generally, VR developers strive to make the applications they build as intuitive as possible [11]. The best way to achieve this goal is to base these applications on the analogies of real-world experiences.…”

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Vibrating Tilt Platform Enhancing Immersive Experience in VR

et al. 2022

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One of the disadvantages of virtual reality systems of the past was the fact that they had visual-only interfaces. However, with the development of haptic technology, peripheral solutions to enhance the VR experience are gaining momentum, and many haptic systems are being developed for deepening VR immersion. This paper deals with the concept of a vibrating tilt platform allowing the change of three angles of inclination to thus reinforce the VR experience. The proposed system is flexible and adaptable to different sports, health, and education applications. In this paper, we present the mechanical and mechatronics aspects of the platform and usability testing results based on an immersive geological experience application. The first tests were studied in terms of the cyber sickness, perceived realism, and anxiety through both subjective (questionnaires) and objective (electroencephalogram) measurements. The results indicate that our platform increased anxiety levels and was perceived as realistic. Adding vibrations and tilting had a considerable impact on the immersion level and brain activity.

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Using virtual reality treadmill as a locomotion technique in a navigation task: Impact on user experience – case of the KatWalk

Cited by 19 publications

References 34 publications

Implementation and Evaluation of Walk-in-Place Using a Low-Cost Motion-Capture Device for Virtual Reality Applications

Implementation and Evaluation of Walk-in-Place Using a Low-Cost Motion-Capture Device for Virtual Reality Applications

A Typology of Virtual Reality Locomotion Techniques

Vibrating Tilt Platform Enhancing Immersive Experience in VR

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