15 Years of Research on Redirected Walking in Immersive Virtual Environments

Niels Christian Nilsson; Tabitha Peck; Gerd Bruder; Eri Hodgson; Stefania Serafin; Mary Whitton; Frank Steinicke; Evan Suma Rosenberg

doi:10.1109/MCG.2018.111125628

15 Years of Research on Redirected Walking in Immersive Virtual Environments

Niels Christian Nilsson, Tabitha Peck, Gerd Bruder, Eri Hodgson, Stefania Serafin, Mary Whitton, Frank Steinicke, Evan Suma Rosenberg

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Abstract

Virtual reality users wearing head-mounted displays can experience the illusion of walking in any direction for infinite distance while, in reality, they are walking a curvilinear path in physical space. This is accomplished by introducing unnoticeable rotations to the virtual environment-a technique called redirected walking. This paper gives an overview of the research that has been performed since redirected walking was first practically demonstrated 15 years ago.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	44-56
Number of pages	13
Journal	IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Volume	38
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2018.111125628
State	Published - Mar 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

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computer graphics
redirected walking
spatial interfaces
virtual reality
virtual travel

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