TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Wozniak, Peter
A1  - Capobianco, Antonio
A1  - Javahiraly, Nicolas
A1  - Curticapean, Dan
ED  - Ahram, Tareq
T1  - Depth Sensor Based Detection of Obstacles and Notification for Virtual Reality Systems
T2  - Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design : Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors and Wearable Technologies, and the AHFE International Conference on Game Design and Virtual Environments
N2  - Walking interfaces offer advantages in navigation of VE systems over other types of locomotion. However, VR helmets have the disadvantage that users cannot see their immediate surroundings. Our publication describes the prototypical implementation of a virtual environment (VE) system, capable of detecting possible obstacles using an RGB-D sensor. In order to warn users of potential collisions with real objects while they are moving throughout the VE tracking area, we designed 4 different visual warning metaphors: Placeholder, Rubber Band, Color Indicator and Arrow. A small pilot study was carried out in which the participants had to solve a simple task and avoid any arbitrarily placed physical obstacles when crossing the virtual scene. Our results show that the Placeholder metaphor (in this case: trees), compared to the other variants, seems to be best suited for the correct estimation of the position of obstacles and in terms of the ability to evade them.
KW  - Virtual Reality
KW  - Range imaging RGB-D
KW  - Interaction metaphor
KW  - Collision avoidance
KW  - 3D interaction
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 978-3-030-20476-1 (eBook)
SB  - 978-3-030-20476-1 (eBook)
SN  - 978-3-030-20475-4 (Softcover)
SB  - 978-3-030-20475-4 (Softcover)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20476-1_28
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20476-1_28
SP  - 271
EP  - 282
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -