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Perceived Realism of Pedestrian Crowds Trajectories in VR

Authors:

Daniele Giunchi,

Panayiotis Charalambous,

Fotis Liarokapis,

Alastair Shipman,

Thomas HeinisAuthors Info & Claims

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

Article No.: 38, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3489849.3489860

Published: 08 December 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Crowd simulation algorithms play an essential role in populating Virtual Reality (VR) environments with multiple autonomous humanoid agents. The generation of plausible trajectories can be a significant computational cost for real-time graphics engines, especially in untethered and mobile devices such as portable VR devices. Previous research explores the plausibility and realism of crowd simulations on desktop computers but fails to account the impact it has on immersion. This study explores how the realism of crowd trajectories affects the perceived immersion in VR. We do so by running a psychophysical experiment in which participants rate the realism of real/synthetic trajectories data, showing similar level of perceived realism.

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Steed AArcher DBrandstätter KCongdon BFriston SGanapathi PGiunchi DIzzouzi LPark GSwapp DThiel F(2023)Lessons learnt running distributed and remote mixed reality experimentsFrontiers in Computer Science10.3389/fcomp.2022.9663194Online publication date: 5-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2022.966319
Bovo RGiunchi DSteed AHeinis T(2022)MR-RIEW: An MR Toolkit for Designing Remote Immersive Experiment Workflows2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00234(766-767)Online publication date: Mar-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00234

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

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DOI:10.1145/3489849

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Steed AArcher DBrandstätter KCongdon BFriston SGanapathi PGiunchi DIzzouzi LPark GSwapp DThiel F(2023)Lessons learnt running distributed and remote mixed reality experimentsFrontiers in Computer Science10.3389/fcomp.2022.9663194Online publication date: 5-Jan-2023
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2022.966319
Bovo RGiunchi DSteed AHeinis T(2022)MR-RIEW: An MR Toolkit for Designing Remote Immersive Experiment Workflows2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00234(766-767)Online publication date: Mar-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00234

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