Quo Vadis CAVE: Does Immersive Visualization Still Matter?

Kuhlen, Torsten; Hentschel, Bernd

doi:10.1109/mcg.2014.97

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“…Chandler et al defined this field as the investigation of how novel interaction and display technologies combined may support the analytical reasoning [CCC * 15]. Some researchers also explore immersion in CAVE rooms [KH14], spaces surrounded by retro-projected walls, but their application is more limited due to the complexity of the infrastructure required.…”

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confidence: 99%

VirtualDesk: A Comfortable and Efficient Immersive Information Visualization Approach

Filho

Freitas

Nedel

2018

Computer Graphics Forum

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Figure 1: In the VirtualDesk prototype, data is rendered at arm's reach and manipulated only by mid-air natural hand gestures (center). A reproduction of the analyst's real desk is included (left) to enable tangible interaction with coordinated views and controls (right). Abstract3D representations are potentially useful under many circumstances, but suffer from long known perception and interaction challenges. Current immersive technologies, which combine stereoscopic displays and natural interaction, are being progressively seen as an opportunity to tackle this issue, but new guidelines and studies are still needed, especially regarding information visualization. Many proposed approaches are impractical for actual usage, resulting in user discomfort or requiring too much time or space. In this work, we implement and evaluate an alternative data exploration metaphor where the user remains seated and viewpoint change is only realisable through physical movements. All manipulation is done directly by natural mid-air gestures, with the data being rendered at arm's reach. The virtual reproduction of the analyst's desk aims to increase immersion and enable tangible interaction with controls and two dimensional associated information. A comparative user study was carried out against a desktop-based equivalent, exploring a set of 9 perception and interaction tasks based on previous literature and a multidimensional projection use case. We demonstrate that our prototype setup, named VirtualDesk, presents excellent results regarding user comfort and immersion, and performs equally or better in all analytical tasks, while adding minimal or no time overhead and amplifying user subjective perceptions of efficiency and engagement. Results are also contrasted to a previous experiment employing artificial flying navigation, with significant observed improvements.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

VirtualDesk: A Comfortable and Efficient Immersive Information Visualization Approach

Filho

Freitas

Nedel

2018

Computer Graphics Forum

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“…Dunston et al (2007) highlighted the advantages of large display VR systems for performance-based and user-centered approaches to design, including increased participant interaction with design processes and deeper evaluation of space functionality. Experiments and user tests have similarly confirmed the value of using large display collaborative VR systems for design review and construction planning (Castronovo et al 2013;Shiratuddin et al 2004;Whisker et al 2003), for on-site safety training (Sacks et al 2013), for computational fluid dynamics modeling (Kuhlen and Hentschel 2014), and for explorative analysis of 3D data (Laha et al 2012).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Second Life). Specifically, we focus on room-like projection-based display systems that allow multiple users to physically inhabit a shared space while surrounded by virtual information that increases a sense of social presence (Kuhlen and Hentschel 2014). We refer to these types of systems as collaborative VR.…”

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Becoming familiar: how infrastructure engineers begin to use collaborative virtual reality in their interdisciplinary practice

Nikolic¹,

Maftei²,

Whyte³

2019

ITcon

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The design community has recently shown increased interest in using virtual reality (VR) in project review contexts. While single-user headsets currently attract most VR-related attention, room-like immersive VR environments can help facilitate design team engagement and shared exploration of projects. However, to date relatively little research concerns how large-scale VR environments are used in and adapted for professional practice. To address this gap, we set up a bespoke portable VR display system called 3D-MOVE in a major UK construction office to investigate how project team members used and evaluated collaborative VR processes. Over a three-month period, we conducted ten video-recorded VR sessions to observe how engineering professionals familiarize themselves with VR in order to help inform its deployment in practice. The study results show that emergent discussions about design models and questioning of design-related assumptions dominated all observed sessions, even though they were staged as technology demonstrations; which supports the social aspects of large-scale collaborative VR processes. However, before participants could focus on design review, they had to familiarize themselves with the VR technology and time required to do so varied depending on the complexity of the VR configuration. As the participants engaged with the VR environment, they reflected on their processes, requirements and expectations and provided feedback for improving the VR experience. Articulating this familiarization with collaborative VR can inform its deployment with respect to minimizing the learning curve and any distractions or discomfort associated with its use while maximizing the aspects of value-added collaborative engagement. Additional considerations concerning content, interactivity and logistics emerged as necessary to address before VR technologies can become standard practice.

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“…Immersion plays a fundamental role in avatar-based simulators as identification with the avatar improves learning success as there is a positive effect of "highfidelity" visual presentation on degree of immersion 22 and even learning performance. 5 However, immersion grade is influenced by many factors 23 and therefore hard to verify. A key factor is technical quality, which is a constant balancing act between 2 constrains: availability and system compatibility.…”

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confidence: 99%

Design, Realization, and First Validation of an Immersive Web-Based Virtual Patient Simulator for Training Clinical Decisions in Surgery

Kleinert

Heiermann

Wahba

et al. 2015

Journal of Surgical Education

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Quo Vadis CAVE: Does Immersive Visualization Still Matter?

Cited by 41 publications

References 12 publications

VirtualDesk: A Comfortable and Efficient Immersive Information Visualization Approach

VirtualDesk: A Comfortable and Efficient Immersive Information Visualization Approach

Becoming familiar: how infrastructure engineers begin to use collaborative virtual reality in their interdisciplinary practice

Design, Realization, and First Validation of an Immersive Web-Based Virtual Patient Simulator for Training Clinical Decisions in Surgery

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