Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles

Haiwei Chen; Samantha Chen; Evan Suma Rosenberg

doi:10.1109/VR.2018.8446563

Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles

Haiwei Chen, Samantha Chen, Evan Suma Rosenberg

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Abstract

Redirected walking (RDW) is a virtual reality (VR) locomotion technique that enables the exploration of a large virtual environment (VE) within a small physical space via real walking. Thus far, the physical environment has generally been assumed to be rectangular, static, and free of obstacles. However, it is unlikely that real-world locations that may be used for VR fulfill these constraints. In addition, accounting for dynamic obstacles such as people helps increase user safety when the view of the physical world is occluded by a head-mounted display. In this work, we present the design and initial implementation of a RDW planning algorithm that can redirect the user in an irregularly shaped physical environment with dynamically moving obstacles. This represents an important step towards the use of RDW in more dynamic, real-world environments.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings
Editors	Frank Steinicke, Bruce Thomas, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Greg Welch
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	523-524
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781538633656
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446563
State	Published - Aug 24 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Reutlingen, Germany Duration: Mar 18 2018 → Mar 22 2018

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Name	25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings

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Other	25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Reutlingen
Period	3/18/18 → 3/22/18

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Funding Information:
The work depicted here is sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) under contract number W911NF-14-D-0005, the USC Annenberg Graduate Research Fellowship, and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. DGE-1418060. Statements and opinions expressed and content included do not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government, and no official endorsement should be inferred.

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© 2018 IEEE.

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H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems-Artificial
I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques-Interaction techniques
I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism-Virtual reality
and virtual realities
augmented

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Chen, H., Chen, S., & Rosenberg, E. S. (2018). Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles. In F. Steinicke, B. Thomas, K. Kiyokawa, & G. Welch (Eds.), 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings (pp. 523-524). Article 8446563 (25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446563

Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles. / Chen, Haiwei; Chen, Samantha; Rosenberg, Evan Suma.
25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings. ed. / Frank Steinicke; Bruce Thomas; Kiyoshi Kiyokawa; Greg Welch. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. p. 523-524 8446563 (25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings).

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Chen, H, Chen, S & Rosenberg, ES 2018, Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles. in F Steinicke, B Thomas, K Kiyokawa & G Welch (eds), 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings., 8446563, 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 523-524, 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018, Reutlingen, Germany, 3/18/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2018.8446563

Chen H, Chen S, Rosenberg ES. Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles. In Steinicke F, Thomas B, Kiyokawa K, Welch G, editors, 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. p. 523-524. 8446563. (25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/VR.2018.8446563

Chen, Haiwei ; Chen, Samantha ; Rosenberg, Evan Suma. / Redirected Walking in Irregularly Shaped Physical Environments with Dynamic Obstacles. 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings. editor / Frank Steinicke ; Bruce Thomas ; Kiyoshi Kiyokawa ; Greg Welch. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. pp. 523-524 (25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2018 - Proceedings).

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