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MetaSpace: Full-body Tracking for Immersive Multiperson Virtual Reality

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UIST '15 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

November 2015

Pages 47 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/2815585.2817802

Published: 06 November 2015 Publication History

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Most current virtual reality (VR) interactions are mediated by hand-held input devices or hand gestures and they usually display only a partial representation of the user in the synthetic environment. We believe, representing the user as a full avatar that is controlled by natural movements of the person in the real world will lead to a greater sense of presence in VR. Possible applications exist in various domains such as entertainment, therapy, travel, real estate, education, social interaction and professional assistance. In this demo, we present MetaSpace, a virtual reality system that allows co-located users to explore a VR world together by walking around in physical space. Each user's body is represented by an avatar that is dynamically controlled by their body movements. We achieve this by tracking each user's body with a Kinect device such that their physical movements are mirrored in the virtual world. Users can see their own avatar and the other person's avatar allowing them to perceive and act intuitively in the virtual environment.

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UIST '15 Adjunct: Adjunct Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

November 2015

124 pages

ISBN:9781450337809

DOI:10.1145/2815585

General Chair:
Celine Latulipe
UNC Charlotte, USA
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UC Berkeley, USA
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Tovi Grossman
Autodesk Research, Canada

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