Making People Move - Walking Techniques in a CAVE uri icon

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Abstract

  • Among navigation techniques in Virtual Environments (VEs) physical walking is most natural and intuitive. If we look at the performance of users in a CAVE though, we notice that they almost never leave their starting point. In this paper we investigate how walking can be stimulated for navigation in a CAVE. However, our goal is not merely to mimic walking as such - as in most approaches - but rather to encourage users to take advantage of the entire tracking space at their disposal. We combine our proposed walking elements with other components to create new metaphors for navigation in VEs and compile the evaluation carried out during our thorough, informal test phase.

Veröffentlichungszeitpunkt

  • Januar 1, 2010