Effects of speed and transitions on target-based travel techniques

ABSTRACT

Travel on Virtual Environments is the simple action where a user moves from a starting point A to a target point B. Choosing an incorrect type of technique could compromise the Virtual Reality experience and cause side effects such as spatial disorientation, fatigue and cybersickness. The design of effective travelling techniques demands to be as natural as possible, thus real walking techniques presents better results, despite their physical limitations. Approaches to surpass these limitations employ techniques that provide an indirect travel metaphor such as point-steering and target-based. In fact, target-based techniques evince a reduction in fatigue and cybersickness against the point-steering techniques, even though providing less control. In this paper we investigate further effects of speed and transition on target-based techniques on factors such as comfort and cybersickness using a Head-Mounted Display setup.

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Index Terms

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

    • HCI design and evaluation methods

      • User studies