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Force-Based Foot Gesture Navigation in Virtual Reality

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Siyi Liu,

Gun Lee,

Yi Li,

Thammathip Piumsomboon,

Barrett EnsAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '21: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Article No.: 72, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3489849.3489945

Published: 08 December 2021 Publication History

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Navigation is a primary interaction in virtual reality. Previous research has explored different forms of artificial locomotion techniques for navigation, including hand gestures and body motions. However, few studies have investigated force-based foot gestures as a locomotion technique. We present three force-based foot gestures (Foot Fly, Foot Step and Foot Teleportation) for navigation in a virtual environment, relying on surface electromyography sensors readings from leg muscles. A pilot study comparing our techniques with controller-based techniques indicates that force-based foot gestures can provide a fun and engaging alternative. Of all six input techniques evaluated, Foot Fly was often most preferred despite requiring more exertion than the Controller Fly technique.

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VRST '21: Proceedings of the 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

December 2021

563 pages

ISBN:9781450390927

DOI:10.1145/3489849

Editors:
Yuichi Itoh
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
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Kazuki Takashima
Tohoku University, Japan
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Parinya Punpongsanon
Osaka University, Japan
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Misha Sra
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
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Kazuyuki Fujita
Tohoku University, Japan
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Shigeo Yoshida
The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Tham Piumsomboon
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Arendttorp EAuala SWinschiers-Theophilus HRodil KMagot S(2023)A Community-Based Exploration Into Gesture-driven Locomotion Control in Virtual RealityProceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference10.1145/3628096.3629055(180-189)Online publication date: 27-Nov-2023
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Lee JKim JLee J(2023)Comparison of Virtual Reality Teleportation Targeting Method Performance depending on the Teleport Distance2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct60411.2023.00160(742-745)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2023
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Boletsis CChasanidou D(2022)A Typology of Virtual Reality Locomotion TechniquesMultimodal Technologies and Interaction10.3390/mti60900726:9(72)Online publication date: 25-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6090072

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