Egocentric distance perception in the Oculus Rift (DK2)

Creem-Regehr, Sarah H.; Stefanucci, Jeanine K.; Thompson, William B.; Nash, Nathan; McCardell, Michael

doi:10.1145/2804408.2804422

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“…Researches on immersive environments repeatedly demonstrate the underestimation of distance perception (Knapp and Loomis, 2004;Mohler et al, 2008) which must be considered in order to obtain coherent navigation and interactions. Although the evolution of virtual reality headsets (Creem-Regehr et al, 2015) and the use of avatars (Mohler et al, 2010) enable the minimization of this underestimation, some studies propose to introduce effective palliative solutions (Kelly et al, 2014). Therefore, the integration of an appropriation phase in our protocol would allow a clear reduction of the lack of depth perception.…”

Section: Viewpoints and Performancementioning

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First- and Third-Person Perspectives in Immersive Virtual Environments: Presence and Performance Analysis of Embodied Users

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Current design of virtual reality (VR) applications relies essentially on the transposition of users' viewpoint in first-person perspective (1PP). Within this context, our research aims to compare the impact and the potentialities enabled via the integration of the third-person perspective (3PP) in immersive virtual environments (IVE). Our empirical study is conducted in order to assess the sense of presence, the sense of embodiment, and performance of users confronted with a series of tasks presenting a case of potential use for the video game industry. Our results do not reveal significant differences concerning the sense of spatial presence with either point of view. Nonetheless, they provide evidence confirming the relevance of using the first-person perspective to induce a sense of embodiment toward a virtual body, especially in terms of self-location and ownership. However, no significant differences were observed concerning the sense of agency. Concerning users' performance, our results demonstrate that the first-person perspective enables more accurate interactions, while the third-person perspective provides better space awareness.

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Section: Viewpoints and Performancementioning

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First- and Third-Person Perspectives in Immersive Virtual Environments: Presence and Performance Analysis of Embodied Users

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“…The question of distance underestimation within HMDs has been examined extensively with adults, using the traditionally heavier and limited-field-of-view HMDs, as well as more recent comparisons to commodity-level HMDs. Recent consensus with commodity-level HMDs points to less underestimation of distance compared to what was traditionally found in early studies (Young et al, 2014;Creem-Regehr et al, 2015b;Kelly et al, 2017;Buck et al, 2018). Given that recent work still finds some distance compression in IVEs in the HTC Vive with adults (Kelly et al, 2017), perhaps children perceived even less compression than teens or adults, which would provide an alternative explanation for their more conservative affordance judgments (i.e., if children perceive the width of the gap to be farther, then they would choose a smaller interval as crossable).…”

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Mind the Gap: Gap Affordance Judgments of Children, Teens, and Adults in an Immersive Virtual Environment

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Affordances are possibilities for action that depend on both an observer's capabilities and the properties of the environment. Immersive Virtual Environments (IVEs) have been used to examine affordances in adults, demonstrating that judgments about action capabilities are made similarly to the real world. However, less is known about affordance judgments in middle-aged children and adolescents in IVEs. Differences in rate of growth, decision criteria, and perceived risk could influence affordance judgments for children. In Experiment 1, children, teens, and adults stood in an IVE at ground level or at a height of 15 m, and were asked to view gaps of different widths. Across all age groups, estimates of gap crossing were underestimated at the higher height compared to the ground, consistent with reports of fear and risk of falling. Children, compared to adults, underestimated their maximum crossable gap compared to their actual crossable gap. To test whether this difference was specific to IVEs or a more generalized age effect, children and adults were tested on gap estimates in the real world in Experiment 2. This real world study showed no difference between children and adults, suggesting a unique contribution of the IVE to children's affordance judgments. We discuss the implications for using IVEs to study children's affordances.

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“…Allowing users to perceive space accurately in a virtual environment has been considered an important aspect of VR technologies and applications [1]. Spatial misperception can affect "task performance, quality of experience, and acceptance of VR" ( [2], p.83) Researchers in the spatial perception field are interested in such capabilities of VR applications and relevant technologies [3][4][5]. The space around people's bodies can be divided into peripersonal space (reachable by hands, generally within one meter) and extrapersonal space (space beyond one meter around a person) [6].…”

Section: Spatial Perception In Virtual Environmentmentioning

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“…A variation of the method is to match the sizes of two objects instead of the relative distances between the objects [42]. Distance estimation with this method tends toward slight underestimation [4,43]. The third measurement method, visually directed actions, has participants view a target object before blindfolding them and asking them to perform actions toward the object [42].…”

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Real-World and Virtual-World Practices for Virtual Reality Games: Effects on Spatial Perception and Game Performance

2020

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Researchers have been investigating ways to improve users’ spatial perception in virtual environments. Very limited studies have focused on the context of virtual reality (VR) games. Tutorials with practices, a common element in games, are good opportunities to implement measures that improve players’ spatial perception. Using an experiment, this paper investigates how two types of practices (real-world and virtual-world practices) influence players’ spatial perception, game performance, and immersion in VR games. Given that spatial perception is viewed as an essential aspect of VR applications, the moderating role of spatial perception on the effect of practices in game performance is also explored. The results demonstrate that virtual-world practice is effective in improving players’ spatial perception of the virtual environment of VR games. Real-world practice is suggested to be effective in enhancing spatial perception when it is averaged over multiple sessions. The results also suggest that spatial perception moderates the effects of practices on game performance. The results imply that practices in game tutorial can be a transitional environment for new players to enter a VR game.

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Egocentric distance perception in the Oculus Rift (DK2)

Cited by 62 publications

References 15 publications

First- and Third-Person Perspectives in Immersive Virtual Environments: Presence and Performance Analysis of Embodied Users

First- and Third-Person Perspectives in Immersive Virtual Environments: Presence and Performance Analysis of Embodied Users

Mind the Gap: Gap Affordance Judgments of Children, Teens, and Adults in an Immersive Virtual Environment

Real-World and Virtual-World Practices for Virtual Reality Games: Effects on Spatial Perception and Game Performance

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