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Evaluation of Headset-based Viewing and Desktop-based Viewing of Remote Lectures in a Social VR Platform

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Andrew Yoshimura,

Christoph W. BorstAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '20: Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Article No.: 53, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3385956.3422124

Published: 01 November 2020 Publication History

Abstract

We study experiences of students attending classes remotely from home using a social VR platform, considering both desktop-based and headset-based viewing of remote lectures. Ratings varied widely. Headset viewing produced higher presence overall. Strong negative correlations between headset simulator sickness symptoms and overall experience ratings, and some other ratings, suggest that the headset experience was much better for comfortable users than for others. Reduced sickness symptoms, and no similar correlations, were found for desktop viewing. Desktop viewing appears to be a good alternative for students not comfortable with headsets. Future VR systems are expected to provide more stable and comfortable visuals, providing benefits to more users.

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VRST '20: Proceedings of the 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

November 2020

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ISBN:9781450376198

DOI:10.1145/3385956

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Carleton University, Canada
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Carleton University, Canada
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Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Yaoping Hu
University of Calgary, Canada
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Simon Fraser University, Canada
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University of Ottawa, Canada
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Colorado State University, USA

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