Title :
The VR Scooter: Wind and Tactile Feedback Improve User Performance
Author :
Deligiannidis, Leonidas ; Jacob, Robert J K
Author_Institution :
University of Georgia
Abstract :
We present an experiment using the VR scooter in an Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE). The scooter is used for traveling naturally and easily in large scale Virtual Environments. Vibrotactile tactors are mounted on the VR scooter to simulate motion speed, and a fan is used to simulate wind blowing when the VR scooter is in motion. We compared user performance (time to complete a task) with and without the tactors and fan, and we observed reduced time with these additions. While they were originally designed to make the experience more realistic and convincing, we found that they also improved user performance.
Keywords :
Multimodal Sensory; Navigation Device; Bicycles; Computational modeling; Computer science; Feedback; Jacobian matrices; Large-scale systems; Motorcycles; Navigation; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Multimodal Sensory; Navigation Device;
Conference_Titel :
3D User Interfaces, 2006. 3DUI 2006. IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0225-5
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2006.131