Travel simulation inside an Immersive Video Environment (IVE)

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

This research study explores different methods and technologies to simulate travel inside an IVE that contains videos from several different locations. From the most adequate method and technology, a prototype is developed and evaluated. The videos are static, meaning that each video was recorded on a single location, and the orientation an coordinates doesn't change. We want to simulate the travel between two different locations. The video of a location is called a task, and the travels are called transitions. Using information gathered from previous studies and using the available technologies, this document will create a prototype of travel transition for our IVE. Finally, we are going to evaluate a tour composed of tasks and transitions on a group of test users to assess the quality and usability of the transition prototype. The prototyping and evaluation are based on the crucial quality and usability factors concerning our custom IVE system.