Unintended positional drift and its potential solutions

Walking-In-Place interaction techniques seem particularly useful in relation to immersive virtual environments where the user´s movement is greatly constrained by a limited physical space. However, current techniques may not be particularly useful in combination with head-mounted displays since many users unintentionally move forward while walking in place. We refer to this phenomenon accidental movement as Unintended Positional Drift. The poster presents evidence of the phenomenon´s existence and subsequently discusses different design solutions which potentially could circumvent the problem.