Audience interaction for virtual reality theater and its implementation

ABSTRACT

Recently we have built a VR(Virtual Reality) theater in Kyongju, Korea. It combines the advantages of VR and IMAX theater. The VR theater can be characterized by a single shared screen and by multiple inputs from several hundreds of people. In this case, multi-user interaction is different from that of networked VR systems and must be reconsidered. This paper defines the multi-user interaction in such a VR theater as Audience Interaction, and discusses key issues for the implementation of the Audience Interaction. This paper also presents a real implementation example in the Kyongju VR theater.

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Index Terms

• Computing methodologies

  • Computer graphics

    • Graphics systems and interfaces

      • Virtual reality

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

    • Interactive systems and tools

  • Interaction design

    • Interaction design process and methods

      • User centered design