Campus Units
Psychology, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
2-13-2020
Journal or Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Volume
25
Issue
5
First Page
1841
Last Page
1850
DOI
10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973051
Abstract
Virtual reality systems typically allow users to physically walk and turn, but virtual environments (VEs) often exceed the available walking space. Teleporting has become a common user interface, whereby the user aims a laser pointer to indicate the desired location, and sometimes orientation, in the VE before being transported without self-motion cues. This study evaluated the influence of rotational self-motion cues on spatial updating performance when teleporting, and whether the importance of rotational cues varies across movement scale and environment scale. Participants performed a triangle completion task by teleporting along two outbound path legs before pointing to the unmarked path origin. Rotational self-motion reduced overall errors across all levels of movement scale and environment scale, though it also introduced a slight bias toward under-rotation. The importance of rotational self-motion was exaggerated when navigating large triangles and when the surrounding environment was large. Navigating a large triangle within a small VE brought participants closer to surrounding landmarks and boundaries, which led to greater reliance on piloting (landmark-based navigation) and therefore reduced-but did not eliminate-the impact of rotational self-motion cues. These results indicate that rotational self-motion cues are important when teleporting, and that navigation can be improved by enabling piloting.
Copyright Owner
IEEE
Copyright Date
2020
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kelly, Jonathan W.; Ostrander, Alec G.; Lim, Alex F.; Cherep, Lucia A.; and Gilbert, Stephen B., "Teleporting through virtual environments: Effects of path scale and environment scale on spatial updating" (2020). Psychology Publications. 118.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/psychology_pubs/118
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Cognition and Perception Commons, Computer-Aided Engineering and Design Commons, Industrial and Organizational Psychology Commons, Industrial Technology Commons
Comments
This accepted article is published as Kelly, J.W., *Lim, A.F., *Cherep, L.A., *Ostrander, A., & Gilbert, S.B. (2020). Teleporting through virtual environments: Effects of path scale and environment scale on spatial updating. IEEE: Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26(5);1841-1850. Doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2020.2973051. Posted with permission.