Correlations between Vocal Input and Visual Response Apparently Enhance Presence in a Virtual Environment


Autoria(s): Groenegress, C.; Ramsgard Thomsen, M.; Slater, Melvyn
Data(s)

08/04/2014

Resumo

This work investigates novel alternative means of interaction in a virtual environment (VE).We analyze whether humans can remap established body functions to learn to interact with digital information in an environment that is cross-sensory by nature and uses vocal utterances in order to influence (abstract) virtual objects. We thus establish a correlation among learning, control of the interface, and the perceived sense of presence in the VE. The application enables intuitive interaction by mapping actions (the prosodic aspects of the human voice) to a certain response (i.e., visualization). A series of single-user and multiuser studies shows that users can gain control of the intuitive interface and learn to adapt to new and previously unseen tasks in VEs. Despite the abstract nature of the presented environment, presence scores were generally very high.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/2072/227872

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Direitos

(c) Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2009

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Palavras-Chave #Realitat virtual #Simulació per ordinador #Percepció visual #Virtual reality #Computer simulation #Visual perception
Tipo

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