Effects of travel technique on cognition in virtual environments

Zanbaka, Catherine; Babu, Sabarish V.; Xiao, Deqiang; Ulinski, Amy; Hodges, Larry F.; Lok, Benjamin

doi:10.1109/vr.2004.1310068

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“…Our goal was to investigate the differences on cognition and understanding of a virtual environment when explored using common joystick-based travel techniques versus walking about the space in a natural manner. This paper is an extension of a previous paper published at the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference in 2004 [8].…”

Section: N Umerous Techniques Have Been Implemented In Virtualmentioning

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Comparison of path visualizations and cognitive measures relative to travel technique in a virtual environment

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Lok

Babu

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IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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Abstract-We describe a between-subjects experiment that compared four different methods of travel and their effect on cognition and paths taken in an immersive virtual environment (IVE). Participants answered a set of questions based on Crook's condensation of Bloom's taxonomy that assessed their cognition of the IVE with respect to knowledge, understanding and application, and higher mental processes. Participants also drew a sketch map of the IVE and the objects within it. The users' sense of presence was measured using the Steed-Usoh-Slater Presence Questionnaire. The participants' position and head orientation were automatically logged during their exposure to the virtual environment. These logs were later used to create visualizations of the paths taken. Path analysis, such as exploring the overlaid path visualizations and dwell data information, revealed further differences among the travel techniques. Our results suggest that, for applications where problem solving and evaluation of information is important or where opportunity to train is minimal, then having a large tracked space so that the participant can walk around the virtual environment provides benefits over common virtual travel techniques.

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Section: N Umerous Techniques Have Been Implemented In Virtualmentioning

confidence: 86%

Comparison of path visualizations and cognitive measures relative to travel technique in a virtual environment

Zanbaka

Lok

Babu

et al. 2005

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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“…Numerous publications have reported on novel interaction techniques [26][27][28][29][30] as well as travel [31,32] for virtual reality. Full textbooks encompassing a variety of VR topics are also available [33,34].…”

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confidence: 99%

Industry use of virtual reality in product design and manufacturing: a survey

2016

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“…This is in contrast to physical locomotion, where real walking is faster and more precise than walking-in-place, which is faster and more precise than joystick controlled travel [20]. Additionally, physical travel has been shown to incorporate higher-level cognitive understandings of space [22] and walking-in-place was shown to be an effective alternative to real walking for maintaining presence [17]. Real walking has also been augmented in [8] to cover larger distances.…”

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RealNav: Exploring natural user interfaces for locomotion in video games

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LaViola

2010

2010 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI)

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We present a reality-based locomotion study directly applicable to video game interfaces; specifically, locomotion control of the quarterback in American football. Focusing on American football drives requirements and ecologically grounds the interface tasks of: running down the field, maneuvering in a small area, and evasive gestures such as spinning, jumping, and the "juke."The locomotion interface is constructed by exploring data interpretation methods on two commodity hardware configurations. The choices represent a comparison between hardware available to video game designers, trading off traditional 3D interface data for greater hardware availability. Configuration one matches traditional 3D interface data, with a commodity head tracker and leg accelerometers for running in place. Configuration two uses a spatially convenient device with a single accelerometer and infrared camera. Data interpretation methods on configuration two use two elementary approaches and a third hybrid approach, making use of the disparate and intermittent input data combined with a Kalman filter. Methods incorporating gyroscopic data are used to further improve the interpretation.Our results show spatially convenient hardware, currently in many gamers' homes, when properly interpreted can lead to more robust interfaces. We support this by a user evaluation on the metrics of position and orientation accuracy, range and gesture recognition.

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Effects of travel technique on cognition in virtual environments

Cited by 42 publications

References 12 publications

Comparison of path visualizations and cognitive measures relative to travel technique in a virtual environment

Comparison of path visualizations and cognitive measures relative to travel technique in a virtual environment

Industry use of virtual reality in product design and manufacturing: a survey

RealNav: Exploring natural user interfaces for locomotion in video games

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