Virtual Reality-based Platformer Games Development for Elevating Architectural Heritage Awareness

As a country with abundant traditional culture, Indonesia is facing serious challenge in conserving them. There is a need to promote the traditional culture to a wider area of people, particularly to the younger generation. Virtual world offers a new way of promoting a nation’s culture via Virtual Reality (VR). This research aims to develop a VR-based platformer mobile game to promote cultural awareness in a new and creative way for younger generation. In the game, a player can observe one famous architectural heritage in Yogyakarta—Mesjid Gedhe Kauman—in fun way of game. A survey is conducted to measure its success in reaching the predetermined goals and to measure its user experience (UX). The survey confirm that the VR-based platformer game helps them in learning cultural value of the architecture (62.5/100) and it is relatively easy to navigate (72.5/100). Moreover, it has a good user experience (UX) score—all are above 0.8, meaning that its users are generally comfortable in playing the game.

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Multimodality in VR: A survey

ACM Computing Surveys ◽

10.1145/3508361 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Martin ◽

Sandra Malpica ◽

Diego Gutierrez ◽

Belen Masia ◽

Ana Serrano

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

User Experience ◽

Virtual World ◽

Sensory Information ◽

The Body ◽

Overall Performance ◽

The Way

Virtual reality (VR) is rapidly growing, with the potential to change the way we create and consume content. In VR, users integrate multimodal sensory information they receive, to create a unified perception of the virtual world. In this survey, we review the body of work addressing multimodality in VR, and its role and benefits in user experience, together with different applications that leverage multimodality in many disciplines. These works thus encompass several fields of research, and demonstrate that multimodality plays a fundamental role in VR; enhancing the experience, improving overall performance, and yielding unprecedented abilities in skill and knowledge transfer.

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The Slippery Path to Total Presence: How Omnidirectional Virtual Reality Treadmills Influence the Gaming Experience

Media and Communication ◽

10.17645/mac.v9i1.3170 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 5-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lars-Ole Wehden ◽

Felix Reer ◽

Robin Janzik ◽

Wai Yen Tang ◽

Thorsten Quandt

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Experimental Design ◽

Empirical Research ◽

User Experience ◽

Virtual World ◽

Digital Games ◽

Factorial Experimental Design ◽

Natural Form ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

The One

Researchers, game designers, and consumers place great hopes into the potential benefits of virtual reality (VR) technology on the user experience in digital games. Indeed, initial empirical research has shown that VR technology can improve the gaming experience in a number of ways compared to traditional desktop gaming, for instance by amplifying immersion and flow. However, on the downside, a mismatch between physical locomotion and the movements of the avatar in the virtual world can also lead to unpleasant feelings when using VR technology—often referred to as cybersickness. One solution to this problem may be the implementation of novel passive repositioning systems (also called omnidirectional treadmills) that are designed to allow a continuous, more natural form of locomotion in VR. In the current study, we investigate how VR technology and the use of an omnidirectional treadmill influence the gaming experience. Traditional desktop gaming, VR gaming, and omnidirectional treadmill gaming are compared in a one-factorial experimental design (<em>N</em> = 203). As expected, we found that VR gaming on the one hand leads to higher levels of flow, presence, and enjoyment, but at the same time also is accompanied by higher levels of cybersickness than traditional desktop gaming. The use of the omnidirectional treadmill did not significantly improve the gaming experience and also did not reduce cybersickness. However, this more physically demanding form of locomotion may make omnidirectional treadmills interesting for exergame designers.

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Using Linguistic VIKOR and Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Select Virtual Reality Games Development Project

Mathematics ◽

10.3390/math9111253 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 1253

Author(s):

Shu-Fen Huang

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

New Technology ◽

Computer Game ◽

Cognitive Maps ◽

Development Project ◽

Fuzzy Cognitive Maps ◽

Future Research ◽

Mobile Game ◽

Games Development

In the entertainment industry, providing games to players is a main business activity with a long history. There are various kinds of game types such as the computer game, web game, pocket game, mobile game developed for play. Virtual reality is a new technology which can integrate into the computer or mobile for generating virtual reality games. The goal of this study is to develop a framework to evaluate and select the virtual reality games development project. In the proposed framework, Linguistic VIKOR is integrated with fuzzy cognitive maps to select the project. For readers to understand the proposed method, a case study has been introduced to evaluate the project based on the proposed method. Finally, the conclusion and future research are discussed as an ending.

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Virtual reality as an empirical research tool — Exploring user experience in a real building and a corresponding virtual model

Computers Environment and Urban Systems ◽

10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.09.006 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 363-375 ◽

Cited By ~ 104

Author(s):

S.F. Kuliga ◽

T. Thrash ◽

R.C. Dalton ◽

C. Hölscher

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Empirical Research ◽

User Experience ◽

Research Tool ◽

Virtual Model ◽

Real Building

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Back to reality: transition techniques from short HMD-based virtual experiences to the physical world

Multimedia Tools and Applications ◽

10.1007/s11042-021-11317-w ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Robin Horst ◽

Ramtin Naraghi-Taghi-Off ◽

Linda Rau ◽

Ralf Dörner

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual World ◽

Visual Cues ◽

User Study ◽

Physical World ◽

Direct Communication ◽

Common Presentation ◽

Presentation Media ◽

Virtual Experiences ◽

Short Times

AbstractEvery Virtual Reality (VR) experience has to end at some point. While there already exist concepts to design transitions for users to enter a virtual world, their return from the physical world should be considered, as well, as it is a part of the overall VR experience. We call the latter outro-transitions. In contrast to offboarding of VR experiences, that takes place after taking off VR hardware (e.g., HMDs), outro-transitions are still part of the immersive experience. Such transitions occur more frequently when VR is experienced periodically and for only short times. One example where transition techniques are necessary is in an auditorium where the audience has individual VR headsets available, for example, in a presentation using PowerPoint slides together with brief VR experiences sprinkled between the slides. The audience must put on and take off HMDs frequently every time they switch from common presentation media to VR and back. In a such a one-to-many VR scenario, it is challenging for presenters to explore the process of multiple people coming back from the virtual to the physical world at once. Direct communication may be constrained while VR users are wearing an HMD. Presenters need a tool to indicate them to stop the VR session and switch back to the slide presentation. Virtual visual cues can help presenters or other external entities (e.g., automated/scripted events) to request VR users to end a VR session. Such transitions become part of the overall experience of the audience and thus must be considered. This paper explores visual cues as outro-transitions from a virtual world back to the physical world and their utility to enable presenters to request VR users to end a VR session. We propose and investigate eight transition techniques. We focus on their usage in short consecutive VR experiences and include both established and novel techniques. The transition techniques are evaluated within a user study to draw conclusions on the effects of outro-transitions on the overall experience and presence of participants. We also take into account how long an outro-transition may take and how comfortable our participants perceived the proposed techniques. The study points out that they preferred non-interactive outro-transitions over interactive ones, except for a transition that allowed VR users to communicate with presenters. Furthermore, we explore the presenter-VR user relation within a presentation scenario that uses short VR experiences. The study indicates involving presenters that can stop a VR session was not only negligible but preferred by our participants.

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Victoria Theatre virtual reality: A digital heritage case study and user experience design

Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage ◽

10.1016/j.daach.2021.e00176 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. e00176

Author(s):

Gillian Arrighi ◽

Zi Siang See ◽

Donovan Jones

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

User Experience ◽

Experience Design ◽

User Experience Design ◽

Digital Heritage

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Effects of Virtual Reality Properties on User Experience of Individuals with Autism

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing ◽

10.1145/3267340 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lal "Lila" Bozgeyikli ◽

Evren Bozgeyikli ◽

Srinivas Katkoori ◽

Andrew Raij ◽

Redwan Alqasemi

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

User Experience

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How Can I Grab That?

i-com ◽

10.1515/icom-2020-0011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 67-85

Author(s):

Matthias Weise ◽

Raphael Zender ◽

Ulrike Lucke

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

User Experience ◽

Dimensional Space ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Multiple Dimensions ◽

Application Developers ◽

Three Dimensional Space

AbstractThe selection and manipulation of objects in Virtual Reality face application developers with a substantial challenge as they need to ensure a seamless interaction in three-dimensional space. Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of selection and manipulation techniques in specific scenarios and regarding usability and user experience is a mandatory task to find suitable forms of interaction. In this article, we take a look at the most common issues arising in the interaction with objects in VR. We present a taxonomy allowing the classification of techniques regarding multiple dimensions. The issues are then associated with these dimensions. Furthermore, we analyze the results of a study comparing multiple selection techniques and present a tool allowing developers of VR applications to search for appropriate selection and manipulation techniques and to get scenario dependent suggestions based on the data of the executed study.

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

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21020397 ◽

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.

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