Ten things i have learned about virtual reality and behavior

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Blascovich ◽  
Mark Costanzo
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Qimeng Zhang ◽  
Ji-Su Ban ◽  
Mingyu Kim ◽  
Hae Won Byun ◽  
Chang-Hun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
User Study ◽  
Visual Display ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Head Mounted Display ◽  
And Behavior

We propose a low-asymmetry interface to improve the presence of non-head-mounted-display (non-HMD) users in shared virtual reality (VR) experiences with HMD users. The low-asymmetry interface ensures that the HMD and non-HMD users’ perception of the VR environment is almost similar. That is, the point-of-view asymmetry and behavior asymmetry between HMD and non-HMD users are reduced. Our system comprises a portable mobile device as a visual display to provide a changing PoV for the non-HMD user and a walking simulator as an in-place walking detection sensor to enable the same level of realistic and unrestricted physical-walking-based locomotion for all users. Because this allows non-HMD users to experience the same level of visualization and free movement as HMD users, both of them can engage as the main actors in movement scenarios. Our user study revealed that the low-asymmetry interface enables non-HMD users to feel a presence similar to that of the HMD users when performing equivalent locomotion tasks in a virtual environment. Furthermore, our system can enable one HMD user and multiple non-HMD users to participate together in a virtual world; moreover, our experiments show that the non-HMD user satisfaction increases with the number of non-HMD participants owing to increased presence and enjoyment.

scholarly journals Despite Appearances: Comparing Emotion Recognition in Abstract and Humanoid Avatars Using Nonverbal Behavior in Social Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilu Sun ◽  
Andrea Stevenson Won
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Nonverbal Behavior ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Similar Information ◽  
Individual Measure ◽  
And Behavior

The ability to perceive emotional states is a critical part of social interactions, shaping how people understand and respond to each other. In face-to-face communication, people perceive others’ emotions through observing their appearance and behavior. In virtual reality, how appearance and behavior are rendered must be designed. In this study, we asked whether people conversing in immersive virtual reality (VR) would perceive emotion more accurately depending on whether they and their partner were represented by realistic or abstract avatars. In both cases, participants got similar information about the tracked movement of their partners’ heads and hands, though how this information was expressed varied. We collected participants’ self-reported emotional state ratings of themselves and their ratings of their conversational partners’ emotional states after a conversation in VR. Participants’ ratings of their partners’ emotional states correlated to their partners’ self-reported ratings regardless of which of the avatar conditions they experienced. We then explored how these states were reflected in their nonverbal behavior, using a dyadic measure of nonverbal behavior (proximity between conversational partners) and an individual measure (expansiveness of gesture). We discuss how this relates to measures of social presence and social closeness.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applied to Simulation Visualization

2008 ◽  
pp. 897-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Kirner ◽  
Tereza G. Kirner
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
Visualization Of Data ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Simulation Environments

This chapter introduces virtual reality and augmented reality as a basis for simulation visualization. It shows how these technologies can support simulation visualization and gives important considerations about the use of simulation in virtual and augmented reality environments. Hardware and software features, as well as user interface and examples related to simulation, using and supporting virtual reality and augmented reality, are discussed, stressing their benefits and disadvantages. The chapter intends to discuss virtual and augmented reality in the context of simulation, emphasizing the visualization of data and behavior of systems. The importance of simulation to give dynamic and realistic behaviors to virtual and augmented reality is also pointed out. The work indicates that understanding the integrated use of virtual reality and simulation should create better conditions to the development of innovative simulation environments as well as to the improvement of virtual and augmented reality environments.

Current approaches to modeling the virtual reality in rodents for the assessment of brain plasticity and behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 335 ◽  
pp. 108616
Author(s):  
Olga L. Lopatina ◽  
Andrey V. Morgun ◽  
Yana V. Gorina ◽  
Vladimir V. Salmin ◽  
Alla B. Salmina
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Brain Plasticity ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Exploring Multiple and Coordinated Views for Multilayered Geospatial Data in Virtual Reality

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 425
Author(s):  
Maxim Spur ◽  
Vincent Tourre ◽  
Erwan David ◽  
Guillaume Moreau ◽  
Patrick Le Callet
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spatial Multiplexing ◽  
Stereoscopic Vision ◽  
Geospatial Data ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Dimensional Interaction ◽  
Conventional Systems ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Slight Advantage

Virtual reality (VR) headsets offer a large and immersive workspace for displaying visualizations with stereoscopic vision, as compared to traditional environments with monitors or printouts. The controllers for these devices further allow direct three-dimensional interaction with the virtual environment. In this paper, we make use of these advantages to implement a novel multiple and coordinated view (MCV) system in the form of a vertical stack, showing tilted layers of geospatial data. In a formal study based on a use-case from urbanism that requires cross-referencing four layers of geospatial urban data, we compared it against more conventional systems similarly implemented in VR: a simpler grid of layers, and one map that allows for switching between layers. Performance and oculometric analyses showed a slight advantage of the two spatial-multiplexing methods (the grid or the stack) over the temporal multiplexing in blitting. Subgrouping the participants based on their preferences, characteristics, and behavior allowed a more nuanced analysis, allowing us to establish links between e.g., saccadic information, experience with video games, and preferred system. In conclusion, we found that none of the three systems are optimal and a choice of different MCV systems should be provided in order to optimally engage users.

scholarly journals A virtual reality system to analyze neural activity and behavior in adult zebrafish

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo-Hua Huang ◽  
Peter Rupprecht ◽  
Thomas Frank ◽  
Koichi Kawakami ◽  
Tewis Bouwmeester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Adult Zebrafish ◽  
Virtual Reality System ◽  
And Behavior

scholarly journals Nonverbal behavior of interviewers influences the competence ratings of observers in recruitment interviews: a study investigating social influence using 360-degree videos with virtual reality and 2D screen displays

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Wyssenbach ◽  
Melina Zeballos ◽  
Stefan Loosli ◽  
Adrian Schwaninger
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Nonverbal Behavior ◽  
Display Type ◽  
Immersive Virtual Reality ◽  
Influence Effect ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractThis study examined whether an interviewer’s nonverbal behavior influences observers’ competence ratings in a recruitment interview using 360-degree videos experienced with immersive virtual reality (VR-cardboard) and 2D screen displays. Participants (n = 110) observed a recruitment interview and assessed three competences of the applicant (behavior in a team, customer care, and sales skill). We used a 2 × 2 design with the nonverbal behavior (positive vs. negative) of the interviewer and display type (VR-cardboard vs. 2D screen display) as between-subjects factors. After observing interview sequences and providing competence ratings, participants also rated different aspects of immersion using the augmented reality immersion questionnaire (ARI; Georgiou and Kyza in Int J Hum Comput Stud 98: 24–37, 2017) and their overall satisfaction with the experience. For two of the three competences (customer care and behavior in a team), we found that observers gave higher competence ratings when the interviewer’s nonverbal behavior was positive compared to when it was negative. This social influence effect was similar for 360-degree videos experienced with immersive VR and 2D screen displays. VR resulted in higher immersion than 2D screen displays regarding the dimensions of flow and presence. Our results suggest that the ARI questionnaire can be used to reliably assess 360-degree videos experienced with immersive VR and 2D screen displays.

Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applied to Simulation Visualization

2008 ◽  
pp. 391-419
Author(s):  
Claudio Kirner ◽  
Tereza G. Kirner
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
Visualization Of Data ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Simulation Environments

This chapter introduces virtual reality and augmented reality as a basis for simulation visualization. It shows how these technologies can support simulation visualization and gives important considerations about the use of simulation in virtual and augmented reality environments. Hardware and software features, as well as user interface and examples related to simulation, using and supporting virtual reality and augmented reality, are discussed, stressing their benefits and disadvantages. The chapter intends to discuss virtual and augmented reality in the context of simulation, emphasizing the visualization of data and behavior of systems. The importance of simulation to give dynamic and realistic behaviors to virtual and augmented reality is also pointed out. The work indicates that understanding the integrated use of virtual reality and simulation should create better conditions to the development of innovative simulation environments as well as to the improvement of virtual and augmented reality environments.

Assessing Animal Emotion and Behavior Using Mobile Sensors and Affective Computing

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-77
Author(s):  
Heath Yates ◽  
Brent Chamberlain ◽  
William Baldwin ◽  
William H. Hsu ◽  
Dana Vanlandingham
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Affective Computing ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Mobile Sensors ◽  
Smart Surveillance ◽  
Computing Framework ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Work Done

Affective computing is a very active and young field. It is driven by several promising areas that could benefit from affective intelligence such as virtual reality, smart surveillance, perceptual interfaces, and health. This chapter suggests new design for the detection of animal affect and emotion under an affective computing framework via mobile sensors and machine learning. The authors review existing literature and suggest new use cases by conceptual reevaluation of existing work done in affective computing and animal sensors.

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