Resolving Spatial Variation And Allowing Spectator Participation In Multiplayer VR

Sra, Misha; Jain, Dhruv; Caetano, Arthur Pitzer; Calvo, Andres; Hilton, Erwin; Schmandt, Chris

doi:10.1145/2984751.2984779

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“…Although there have been experiments with the participation of non-HMD users, their roles were different from those of HMD users, and their methods of accessing visual information were also different, such as using a third-person view only. Their appearance in the virtual space was also different [ 22 ]. With advances in VR technology, devices are being introduced for living-room entertainment.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Zhang

Ban

Kim

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Sensors

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We propose a low-asymmetry interface to improve the presence of non-head-mounted-display (non-HMD) users in shared virtual reality (VR) experiences with HMD users. The low-asymmetry interface ensures that the HMD and non-HMD users’ perception of the VR environment is almost similar. That is, the point-of-view asymmetry and behavior asymmetry between HMD and non-HMD users are reduced. Our system comprises a portable mobile device as a visual display to provide a changing PoV for the non-HMD user and a walking simulator as an in-place walking detection sensor to enable the same level of realistic and unrestricted physical-walking-based locomotion for all users. Because this allows non-HMD users to experience the same level of visualization and free movement as HMD users, both of them can engage as the main actors in movement scenarios. Our user study revealed that the low-asymmetry interface enables non-HMD users to feel a presence similar to that of the HMD users when performing equivalent locomotion tasks in a virtual environment. Furthermore, our system can enable one HMD user and multiple non-HMD users to participate together in a virtual world; moreover, our experiments show that the non-HMD user satisfaction increases with the number of non-HMD participants owing to increased presence and enjoyment.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Zhang

Ban

Kim

et al. 2021

Sensors

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“…Newer systems like Metaspace I and Metaspace II allow co-located users with full-body avatars to interact in a room-scale VE with each other and with objects in the room [16]. In a simulated snowball fight, two users play the roles of 'shooter' and 'target' where roles are chosen based on the size of each user's RE [26]. This allows someone with standing room only to play with someone who has a larger tracked space in VR.…”

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confidence: 99%

Oasis: Procedurally Generated Social Virtual Spaces from 3D Scanned Real Spaces

Sra

Garrido-Jurado

Maes

2018

IEEE Trans. Visual. Comput. Graphics

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We present Oasis, a novel system for automatically generating immersive and interactive virtual reality environments for single and multiuser experiences. Oasis enables real-walking in the generated virtual environment by capturing indoor scenes in 3D and mapping walkable areas. It makes use of available depth information for recognizing objects in the real environment which are paired with virtual counterparts to leverage the physicality of the real world, for a more immersive virtual experience. Oasis allows co-located and remotely located users to interact seamlessly and walk naturally in a shared virtual environment. Experiencing virtual reality with currently available devices can be cumbersome due to presence of objects and furniture which need to be removed every time the user wishes to use VR. Our approach is new, in that it allows casual users to easily create virtual reality environments in any indoor space without rearranging furniture or requiring specialized equipment, skill or training. We demonstrate our approach to overlay a virtual environment over an existing physical space through fully working single and multiuser systems implemented on a Tango tablet device.

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“…Outside the home, VR entertainment centers (The VOID or VRcade) provide playful experiences in warehouse-size spaces to multiple users simultaneously while allowing natural walking for locomotion. Another type of multiuser system is device-based asymmetrical VR where a VR user interacts with one or more non-VR users who may be in the same physical space or remotely connected through a PC or tablet [16,44]. SnowballVR creates a space-based asymmetrical VR experience where the size of the tracked area is used to assign appropriate roles to each user [44].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another type of multiuser system is device-based asymmetrical VR where a VR user interacts with one or more non-VR users who may be in the same physical space or remotely connected through a PC or tablet [16,44]. SnowballVR creates a space-based asymmetrical VR experience where the size of the tracked area is used to assign appropriate roles to each user [44]. Social VR applications like Facebook Spaces and AltspaceVR allow people from around the world to participate from seated or room-scale setups respectively.…”

Section: Multiuser Vrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Your Place and Mine

Sra

Mottelson

Maes

2018

Proceedings of the 2018 Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Virtual reality can help realize mediated social experiences where distance disappears and we interact as richly with those around the world as we do with those in the same room. The design of social virtual experiences presents a challenge for remotely located users with room-scale setups like those afforded by recent commodity virtual reality devices. Since users inhabit different physical spaces that may not be the same size, a mapping to a shared virtual space is needed for creating experiences that allow everyone to use real walking for locomotion. We designed three mapping techniques that enable users from diverse room-scale setups to interact together in virtual reality. Results from our user study (N = 26) show that our mapping techniques positively influence the perceived degree of togetherness and copresence while the size of each user's tracked space influences individual presence.

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Resolving Spatial Variation And Allowing Spectator Participation In Multiplayer VR

Cited by 12 publications

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Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Oasis: Procedurally Generated Social Virtual Spaces from 3D Scanned Real Spaces

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