Fachbereich Informatik

Honorable mention paper award in Tokyo

Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2016

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Eine Gruppe von Autoren um Ernst Kruijff hat den Honorable Mention Paper Award beim diesjährigen ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction (SUI 2016) gewonnen. Zum Team gehörigen die H-BRS Forscher Alexander Marquardt, Christina Trepkowski, Andre Hinkenjann und Jens Maiero sowie Bernhard Riecke von der kanadischen Simon Frazer University und Robert Lindeman (Hit Lab, University of Canterbury,  New Zealand).

Das Paper beschäftigt sich mit Navigation in virtuellen Umgebungen und Spielen, wo einfaches Gehen zur Überwindung größerer Distanzen nicht immer praktikabel ist. Die Gruppe arbeitete an einer Verbesserung von Joystick-Steuerungen und Steuerung durch Körperneigung durch akustische, visuelle und vibrotaktile Reize.

Zum Artikel:

 “On Your Feet! Enhancing Vection in Leaning-Based Interfaces through Multisensory Stimuli“.

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Abstract

When navigating larger virtual environments and computer games, natural walking is often unfeasible. Here, we investigate how alternatives such as joystick- or leaning-based locomotion interfaces (“human joystick”) can be enhanced by adding walking-related cues following a sensory substitution approach. Using a custom-designed foot haptics system and evaluating it in a multi-part study, we show that adding walking related auditory cues (footstep sounds), visual cues (simulating bobbing head-motions from walking), and vibrotactile cues (via vibrotactile transducers and bass-shakers under participants’ feet) could all enhance participants’ sensation of self-motion (vection) and involvement/presence. These benefits occurred similarly for seated joystick and standing leaning locomotion. Footstep sounds and vibrotactile cues also enhanced participants’ self-reported ability to judge self-motion velocities and distances traveled. Compared to seated joystick control, standing leaning enhanced self-motion sensations. Combining standing leaning with a minimal walking in-place procedure showed no benefits and reduced usability, though. Together, results highlight the potential of incorporating walking-related auditory, visual, and vibrotactile cues for improving user experience and self-motion perception in applications such as virtual reality, gaming, and tele-presence.

Kontakt

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Ernst Kruijff

Professor für Human Computer Interaction, Co-Direktor des Instituts für Visual Computing (IVC)

Standort

Sankt Augustin

Raum

C 273

Adresse

Grantham-Allee 20

53757, Sankt Augustin

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