VRBox

Fröhlich, Thomas; Alexandrovsky, Dmitry; Stabbert, Timo; Döring, Tanja; Malaka, Rainer

doi:10.1145/3242671.3242697

Cited by 33 publications

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“…Our focus was on the user experience, as well as the technical aspects and the possible use cases. Our results indicated highly positive attitudes towards the VRBox which highlights the immersive and creative experience the system offers [43].…”

Section: Playful Vr Sandbox For Creativity and Explorationmentioning

confidence: 60%

Using Natural User Interfaces for Previsualization

Malaka¹,

Döring²,

Fröhlich³

et al. 2021

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies

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INTRODUCTION: An important phase in the process of visual design for the narrative media is previsualization (previs). Professionals use complicated 3D software applications that are not especially designed for the purpose of previs which makes it difficult for the artists and non-technical users to create previs content. OBJECTIVES: The aim is to empower artists to express and visualize their ideas and creative capabilities in an optimal way. METHODS: We suggest using natural user interfaces (NUIs) and discuss suitable interactions for different previs tasks. We developed and evaluated a series of individual prototypes as well as a central overarching prototype following our NUI concepts. RESULTS: The results show that our NUI-based interaction methods were perceived highly positive and experts found it valuable for their work. CONCLUSION: With only a brief familiarization phase, NUIs can provide a convenient substitute to traditional design tools that require long training sessions.

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Section: Playful Vr Sandbox For Creativity and Explorationmentioning

confidence: 60%

Using Natural User Interfaces for Previsualization

Malaka¹,

Döring²,

Fröhlich³

et al. 2021

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies

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“…Virtual Reality provides a natural home for computing environments that wish to emphasize tangible and embodied interaction in spatial skill development. The benefits of fullbody, immersive interaction have been shown for manipulation and design of 3D objects (Nakanishi, 2012), creative expression with complex models (Fröhlich et al, 2018), medical training (Sousa et al, 2017), and building understanding of abstract spatial and geometrical concepts (Oberdörfer et al, 2019). These benefits are enhanced in immersive environments that combine virtual elements with physical interaction, plausible contexts, and illusion of place (Slater, 2009;Chagué and Charbonnier, 2016).…”

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Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Pathak

Chang

Resch

et al. 2020

Front. Virtual Real.

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Spatial skills allow us to mentally imagine and manipulate objects and their spatial relations. These skills are crucial in both every day and expert tasks. The present paper reports on an evaluation of a 3D game developed to train a specific spatial skill known as penetrative thinking—the ability to imagine cross-sections of 3D objects from their surface features. In the game, users change the location and orientation of a virtual plane to make cuts through 3D objects in a series of spatial puzzles. Users operate an interface to position the virtual plane until a “slice” at the location of the plane matches a target cross-section of a virtual object. Multiple spatial puzzles with different properties are completed throughout the game. In one version of the game, users completed the puzzles in an immersive virtual environment and operated a tangible interface to move the virtual plane. A secondary version of the game required users to view the puzzles in a virtual environment displayed on a computer screen, and to position the slicing plane with a keyboard and mouse. Participants (n = 45) completed a measure of penetrative thinking (Santa Barbara Solids Test) before and after completing one of three interventions: the game with the tangible interface (n = 15), the game with the keyboard interface (n = 15), or a series of (control) questions (n = 15). Although there were no significant pre-/post-intervention changes in penetrative thinking in any of the groups, participants' performance in the game correlated with scores on a standardized test of penetrative thinking. These results provide evidence that the game and the standardized test accessed similar spatial skills and, as a consequence, indicate that the 3D game has the potential to be a valid approach for training penetrative thinking skills.

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“…They can also contribute to higher feeling of presence, particularly physical presence as defined by Lee [7]. At the very least, TUIs can be more fun and engaging [8].…”

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Tangible VR Book: Exploring the Design Space of Marker-Based Tangible Interfaces for Virtual Reality

Cardoso

Ribeiro

2021

Applied Sciences

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Tangible User Interface (TUI) represents a huge potential for Virtual Reality (VR) because tangibles can naturally provide rich haptic cues which are often missing in VR experiences that make use of standard controllers. We are particularly interested in implementing TUIs for smartphone-based VR, given the lower usage barrier and easy deployment. In order to keep the overall system simple and accessible, we have explored object detection through visual markers, using the smartphone’s camera. In order to help VR experience designers, in this work we present a design space for marker-based TUI for VR. We have mapped this design space by developing several marker-based tangible interaction prototypes and through a formative study with professionals with different backgrounds. We then instantiated the design space in a Tangible VR Book which we evaluate with remote user studies inspired by the vignette methodology.

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VRBox

Cited by 33 publications

References 21 publications

Using Natural User Interfaces for Previsualization

Using Natural User Interfaces for Previsualization

Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Tangible VR Book: Exploring the Design Space of Marker-Based Tangible Interfaces for Virtual Reality

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