General Introduction

Sageng, John Richard; Fossheim, Hallvard; Larsen, Tarjei Mandt

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“…They all agree that a human is not a "passive" observer responding to stimuli, but an active and creative force shaping the stimuli of their experience [27]. Gibson adds that reality of experience is grounded in action and the construct of affordance presents a new fundamental basis for reality in the relationship between actor and environment [39]. These ideas lead to the notion of the body being the medium for the perception of space [31] and in a perfect VR experience, we would not be able to tell the difference between reality and the virtual world.…”

Section: Perception Immersion and The Vr Experiencementioning

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“…In our VR system, the avatar mediates the relationship between the user and the system. It is an extension and even a relocation of the user's body into virtual space, a vehicle through which the user is given embodied agency and presence in the virtual environment [39].…”

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“…Bodily immersion in VR is rooted in the way the body is able to redirect a perception of itself as an object into virtual space (e.g. proprioception) and through this mirror image, the familiar body is also made the embodied subject during interaction [39]. Presence in VR is based on the perception of input through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic senses.…”

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Multiple full-body tracking for interaction and navigation in social VR

Schurz¹,

Bull²

2020

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MetaSpace II (MS2) is a social Virtual Reality (VR) system where multiple users can not only see and hear but also interact with each other, grasp and manipulate objects, walk around in space, and get tactile feedback. MS2 allows walking in physical space by tracking each user's skeleton in real-time and allows users to feel by employing passive haptics i.e., when users touch or manipulate an object in the virtual world, they simultaneously also touch or manipulate a corresponding object in the physical world. To enable these elements in VR, MS2 creates a correspondence in spatial layout and object placement by building the virtual world on top of a 3D scan of the real world. Through the association between the real and virtual world, users are able to walk freely while wearing a head-mounted device, avoid obstacles like walls and furniture, and interact with people and objects. Most current virtual reality (VR) environments are designed for a single user experience where interactions with virtual objects are mediated by hand-held input devices or hand gestures. Additionally, users are only shown a representation of their hands in VR floating in front of the camera as seen from a first person perspective. We believe, representing each user as a full-body avatar that is controlled by natural movements of the person in the real world (see Figure 1d), can greatly enhance believability and a user's sense immersion in VR.

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Section: Perception Immersion and The Vr Experiencementioning

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Multiple full-body tracking for interaction and navigation in social VR

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2020

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“…Other researchers have developed ontological and phenomenological accounts (Sageng, Fossheim, & Larsen, 2012), debated the permeability of the "magic circle" (Zimmerman, 2012), or raised questions about the relationships between subjectivity, rules, and proceduralist meaning (Bogost, 2008, p. 99;Treanor & Mateas, 2013). This literature demonstrates the complexity of meaning-making in games.…”

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Methodology, Representation, and Games

Carr

2017

Games and Culture

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This article is about textual analysis, methodology, and representations (of bodies, identities and social groups) in digital games. The issues under consideration include textual analysis as procedure, the role of fragmentation in textual analysis, game ontology and the remit of textual analysis, and the role of the player-as-analyst in relation to subjectivity and embodied interpretation. These issues are discussed using a combination of game studies literature, film theory, and literary theory-and with reference to Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011). Draft version Methodology, Representation, and GamesThis article is a contribution toward ongoing efforts to refine a methodology for the textual analysis of representations in digital games. The article was inspired by Deus Ex: Human Revolution and the methodological problems that it posed. These included problems relating to the role of the player-as-analyst, the remit of textual analysis, the practicalities of method and process, and questions of thoroughness and omission. Improbably, a film theory article from the mid-1970s offered a way forward. In Bellour's (1975) playful, melancholy essay 'The Unattainable Text', he lists some of the difficulties associated with the textual analysis of music, image, theatre, and especially film. In the process, he makes points that are relevant to game analysis.The article begins with a review of game studies literature on representation and textual methods, followed by a reflexive summary of the author's previous work on the development of a game-appropriate version of textual analysis. By these means, two particular aspects of the method are identified as opaque. Firstly, there is a need to clarify the procedures that support fragmentation and to address related questions of omission: What does it mean to fragment a text as variable as Deus Ex: Human Revolution? What would it mean to be thorough? Secondly, there is a need to clarify some aspects of the relationships between the different elements within a game and textual analysis: What does it mean to describe a game as a text? What are the ontological implications? To what extent should these ontological considerations shape our understanding of the applicability and limitations of textual methods? These issues are explored using points drawn from Bellour's essay in combination with reflections on the experience of playing and analyzing representations in Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011, Eidos Montreal, Square Enix). Representation and Textual MethodsGame researchers have explored meaning as it emerges during play using a variety of concepts, including frame analysis (Linderoth, Bjork, & Olsson, 2012) and cognitive approaches to embodiment (Gee, 2008;Gregersen & Grodal, 2009). Other researchers have developed ontological and phenomenological accounts (Sageng, Fossheim, & Larsen, 2012), debated the permeability of the "magic circle" (Zimmerman, 2012), or raised questions about the relationships between subjectivity, rules, and proceduralist meaning (Bogost, 2008...

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“…Bodily immersion in VR is rooted in the way the body is able to redirect a perception of itself as an object into virtual space (e.g. proprioception) and through this mirror image, the familiar body is also made the embodied subject during interaction [38]. Presence in VR is based on the perception of input through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic senses.…”

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MetaSpace II: Object and full-body tracking for interaction and navigation in social VR

Sra¹,

Schmandt²

2015

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Figure 1. MetaSpace II is a social Virtual Reality system where multiple users can not only a) see and hear but also walk around in space, and b) grasp and manipulate objects. When users touch or pick up an object in the virtual world, they simultaneously also touch or pick up it's counterpart in the physical world. (c) In MetaSpace users interact with each other both in the real, and d) the virtual world.

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Multiple full-body tracking for interaction and navigation in social VR

Multiple full-body tracking for interaction and navigation in social VR

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