The impact of the input interface in a virtual environment: the Vive controller and the Myo armband

Paolis, Lucio Tommaso De; Luca, Valerio De

doi:10.1007/s10055-019-00409-6

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“…A one-way ANOVA was conducted, and the results, summarized in Table 2 , showed that participants thought it was significantly more natural to interact in VR with Oculus Touch than on the desktop with the mouse and the keyboard. Previous investigations have arrived at similar results (De Paolis and De Luca 2020 ) that might explain the result of Q3, where the VR users were able to control the game slightly better than the desktop users. Finally, although the VR group understood the information displayed in the game, they expressed a more intense impression that they had been partially lost in at least one step of the game.…”

Section: Results Of the Learning Experiencesupporting

confidence: 58%

Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning

2021

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Immersive virtual reality (VR) environments create a very strong sense of presence and immersion. Nowadays, especially when student isolation and online autonomous learning is required, such sensations can provide higher satisfaction and learning rates than conventional teaching. However, up until the present, learning outcomes with VR tools have yet to prove their advantageous aspects over conventional teaching. The project presents a VR serious game for teaching concepts associated with computer hardware assembly. These concepts are often included in any undergraduate’s introduction to Computer Science. The learning outcomes are evaluated using a pre-test of previous knowledge, a satisfaction/usability test, and a post-test on knowledge acquisition, structured with questions on different knowledge areas. The results of the VR serious game are compared with another two learning methodologies adapted to online learning: (1) an online conventional lecture; and (2) playing the same serious game on a desktop PC. An extensive sample of students (n = 77) was formed for this purpose. The results showed the strong potential of VR serious games to improve student well-being during spells of confinement, due to higher learning satisfaction. Besides, ease of usability and the use of in-game tutorials are directly related with game-user satisfaction and performance. The main novelty of this research is related to academic performance. Although a very limited effect was noted for learning theoretical knowledge with the VR application in comparison with the other methodologies, this effect was significantly improved through visual knowledge, understanding and making connections between different concepts. It can therefore be concluded that the proposed VR serious game has the potential to increase student learning and therefore student satisfaction, by imparting a deeper understanding of the subject matter to students.

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Section: Results Of the Learning Experiencesupporting

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Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning

2021

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“…Numerous studies on 3D interactions have been conducted, and the impact of different sensing devices on VR interactions has been examined from a hardware perspective (De Paolis and De Luca, 2019;Ryu et al, 2021;Vretos et al, 2019). However, new hardware solutions often are large and costly.…”

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Quick Porting of Virtual Simulation Experiment Interactions from the Web 3D to VR

Liu,

Chen

2023

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Virtual reality (VR) technology is developing rapidly, and many 3D virtual simulation experiments on the web can be quickly ported to the VR environment to enhance user experience. The manner of interacting with a quickly ported two-dimensional user interface (2DUI) is a matter of preference. In this study, we focused on finding a more effective interaction scheme when a web 3D virtual simulation experiment is ported into the VR environment. When the development time is short, ray interaction and touch interaction can be easily and quickly ported while retaining the 2DUI of the original web-side experiment. We selected the architecture optics virtual simulation experiment for porting, divided the interactions into two levels, namely, L1 ray and L2 touch interactions, and recruited 30 volunteers to participate in the experiment in groups. The efficiency and user experience of L1 and L2 were compared by designing interactive tasks and collecting data. Overall, L1 was more efficient than L2. For the four common user interfaces, buttons, sliders, toggles, and dropdowns, L2 was only slightly better at interacting with the dropdown boxes than L1. However, both were slower than the web interface. L2 also received higher workload scores, based on user feedback and workload surveys. We also designed an interaction level, L3, for VR with reference to Worlds in Miniature and compared it with L1/L2/web by using the same interaction tasks. L3 was as efficient as the web. Finally, based on the experimental results, we provide suggestions for quick porting development.

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Wearable Soft Technologies for Haptic Sensing and Feedback

Yin

Hinchet

Shea

et al. 2020

Adv Funct Materials

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Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) systems have garnered recent widespread attention due to increased accessibility, functionality, and affordability. These systems sense user inputs and typically provide haptic, audio, and visual feedback to blend interactive virtual environments with the real world for an enhanced or simulated reality experience. With applications ranging from immersive entertainment, to teleoperation, to physical therapy, further development of this technology has the potential for impact across multiple disciplines. However, VR/AR devices still face critical challenges that hinder integration into everyday life and additional applications; namely, the rigid and cumbersome form factor of current technology that is incompatible with the dynamic movements and pliable limbs of the human body. Recent advancements in the field of soft materials are uniquely suited to provide solutions to this challenge. Devices fabricated from flexible and elastic bio‐compatible materials have significantly greater compatibility with the human body and could lead to a more natural VR/AR experience. This review reports state‐of‐the‐art experimental studies in soft materials for wearable sensing and haptic feedback in VR/AR applications, explores emerging soft technologies for on‐body devices, and identifies current challenges and future opportunities toward seamless integration of the virtual and physical world.

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The impact of the input interface in a virtual environment: the Vive controller and the Myo armband

Cited by 28 publications

References 60 publications

Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning

Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning

Quick Porting of Virtual Simulation Experiment Interactions from the Web 3D to VR

Wearable Soft Technologies for Haptic Sensing and Feedback

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