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Olsen, Jenny, and David Skoghem. "'Human Enhancement Technologies' och dess beröring i VR (Virtual Reality)." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21670.
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Artikelns syfte är att undersöka hur vi kan skapa en gestaltning som väcker tankar kring ‘Human Enhancement Technologies’ (Pariseau-Legault et al., 2018) genom kritisk design och VR-teknik. Detta har skett genom ett utforskande av våra fysiska händers beröring (Puig de la Bellacasa, 2009) i vardagliga aktiviteter samt spelarens beröring i en VR-upplevelse. Denna undersökning ledde till en gestaltning som vill förändra en spelares upplevda beröring i samband med en vardaglig aktivitet, där vi genom teknologiska modifikationer ger dina händer ny funktionalitet.This article aims to research how we can design an experience that challenges our ideas about ‘Human Enhancement Technologies’ (Pariseau-Legault et al., 2018) through critical design and VR-technology. This through exploration of our hands physical touch (Puig de la Bellacasa, 2009) in everyday activities and exploring touch in Virtual Reality. This research helped to create a design that aims to change a player's touch in connection with an everyday activity where we through technological modifications give your hands new functionality.
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Gustafsson, Mattias, and Oliver Odd. "Virtual Reality Data Visualization : Concepts, technologies and more." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37222.
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Data Visualization (DV) can be seen as an important tool for communication and data analysis. Especially when huge amounts of data are involved, visual representation of data can facilitate observation of trends and patterns as well as understanding. Currently, two dimensional displays are mainly used for Data Visualization, both in two and three dimensions (2D and 3D). However, two dimensional displays are limited in terms of 3D visualization because they do not allow for true sense of depth and do not cover the observer’s full Field Of View (FOV). An alternative approach is to use Virtual Reality (VR), which provides an immersive and interactive 3D environment. VR has been mainly used for gaming and simulated training. However, other areas are now emerging because VR technologies became relatively affordable. For example, one possibility is to explore VR for DV and this was the main goal of this project. To accomplish that, a literature study was performed to identify terminologies and definitions, hardware and software technologies, techniques and examples in the fields of DV and VR. In addition, in order to exemplify DV through VR, a prototype system was implemented using Unity 3D, a leading engine for VR. To visualize the developed VR environment, a HTC Vive Head Mounted Display (HMD) was used. The developed prototype system can display data from a local dataset in a scatter plot with three axis in VR. In the virtual environment created by the system, the user can select the attributes in the dataset to be displayed by the 3D scatter plot. Once the data is plotted, the user can use the handheld joystick to move, rotate, tilt and scale the scatter plot. Achieved results indicate immersion and interaction as the main perceived benefits of DV using VR.Datavisualisering (DV) kan ses som ett viktigt verktyg för kommunikation och dataanalys, speciellt när stora mängder data behandlas. Visuell representation kan främja observationen av trender och mönster samt förståelsen av datan. För närvarande används tvådimensionella displayer huvudsakligen för datavisualisering, både i två och tre dimensioner (2D och 3D). Emellertid är tvådimensionella displayer begränsade i 3D-visualisering eftersom de inte möjliggör äkta djupseende, och täcker inte observatörens fulla synfält (Field Of View (FOV)). Ett alternativ tillvägagångssätt är att använda Virtual Reality (VR), vilket tillhandahåller en omslutande och interaktiv 3D-miljö. VR har huvudsakligen används för spel och simulerad träning. Däremot börjar nya användningsområden uppstå då VR teknologin har blivit mer prisvärd. Ett användningsområde är VR för DV, vilket var det huvudsakliga syftet för det här arbetet. För att uppnå syftet utfördes en litteraturstudie för att identifiera teknologier och definitioner, hårdvaru- och mjukvaruteknologier, tekniker och exempel inom området av DV och VR. Dessutom, för att exemplifiera DV genom VR, utvecklades ett prototypsystem. Vilket implementerades genom Unity 3D, en av de ledande spelmotorerna. För att visualisera den utvecklade VR-miljön användes ett HTC Vive Head Mounted Display (HMD). Den utvecklade prototypen kan visualisera data från ett lokalt dataset genom ett spridningsdiagram med 3 axlar, i VR. I den virtuella miljön som skapas av systemet tillåts användaren att välja attribut från datasetet för att sedan visualisera dessa genom det tredimensionella spridningsdiagrammet. När datan väl är visualiserad, kan användaren använda de handhållna kontrollerna för att flytta, rotera, luta och skala grafen. Uppnådda resultat indikerar på omslutning och interaktion som de huvudsakliga fördelarna av DV genom VR.
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Pouliadou, Kallirroi. "VR versus Phobias : An exploration of Virtual Reality in exposure therapy." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-136454.
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Interest in Virtual Reality (VR) is growing fast. Tech companies are now starting to identify its most relevant application that will make it desireable. The use of VR in healthcare and mental health, has been proven through clinical research. Moreover, patient support programs extend treatment to people’s homes. An underlying opportunity was to envision a service for remote treatment of phobias with exposure therapy through VR. During the process, I conducted desk research, interviews, a workshop, prototyping and user testing. I collected evidence to lay out the service experience and communicate the key role of the therapist in the overall journey. My goal was to maximize the leaning outcome of exposure therapy and avoid the return of fear. Focusing on VR for the mobile phone, as the most accessible hardware for the broad audience, I created examples of exposure experience, that demonstrate the therapist’s presence and the user’s interactions with the environment.
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Sannefeldt, Jesper, and Elin Holmberg. "VR som ett verktyg från idé till bygglov." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Byggnadsteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36275.
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Purpose: The purpose was to contribute to increased understanding on the use of VR, where integration is an essential and crucial part of whether it is an effective tool. The aim is to investigate VR as a tool between architect, client and engineer from sketch to planning permission, as well as to investigate applications from an engineering perspective. Method: Data has been collected through action research with the VR-hardware HTC Vive and interviews with architects, engineers and clients within the AEC-industry. A parallel literature study has been conducted. The three methods do thereafter make it possible to answer the questions and fulfill the goal. Findings: By communicating information through VR, a common ground is created, whereby different parties can work from. Coordination is facilitated when decisionmaking can be carried out on the same basis. The use of VR therefore promotes communication between involved parties. However, the tool is limited by its availability and due to the fact that it is new a technology which does not yet permit multiple users. I addition, the compatibility of the tool varies depending on the choice of plug-ins. IrisVR was noted to support all CAD programs, which means increased usability. Furthermore, the evaluated plug-ins have similar features. Implementation of VR can support building decisions by communicating how these affect other design aspects. As BIM is used to a greater extent, this imposes higher standards on the model. VR can thus serve as a tool for self-monitoring. Implications: The tool has been shown to provide increased understanding of volume, scale and concept, which can result in improved communication opportunities. Improved communication enables coordination between professional groups, which in turn provides better decision making. Despite advantages, there are limiting factors that cause VR not to be used to a greater extent. As a recommendation, VR should be integrated through appropriate evaluation of functions as well as a complement to today's tools. Limitations: This study was limited to the architecture office on which it was carried out and to selected hardware and software. The technology is developing at a high pace, which causes problems regarding the relevance of the results. Despite method triangulation, difficulties arise in maintaining objectivity when researchers are partly participating. Furthermore, the role of the client is less represented because of them not having as much experience in using VR. Keywords: Building Information Model (BIM), Computer Aided Design (CAD), Virtual Reality (VR), Information Communication Technology (ICT), Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Content is described in Swedish below.
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Kerse, Nils. "Unterstützung der schiffbaulichen Produktentstehung durch Einsatz von Virtual-Reality-(VR)-Technologien /." Hamburg : Inst. für Produktionsmanagement und -technik, 2007. http://d-nb.info/986157775/04.
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Gunnarsson, Filip, and Ali Khan Francois Mirza. "The Effects of VR on Consumer Attitudes : Lessons from Implementing VR Technologies in Real Estate Marketing." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414757.
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Virtual Reality (VR) has gained tremendous interest within the last decades and is rapidlybecoming a disruptive marketing tool across all industries. Predictions show that the VR marketis expected to reach a staggering US$120 billion by 2026 (Fortune Business Insights, 2019).While previous research has investigated the impact of VR on consumer attitudes, theconnection between its immersive characteristic, i.e. telepresence (Steuer, 1992), and thecomplexity of consumer attitudes (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993), is still relatively unknown. Hence,this paper addresses the discrepancy in extant literature by applying a qualitative researchapproach. We conduct in-depth interviews using a quasi-experiment design, displaying anapartment through 2D (pictures) and followingly 3D stimuli (VR). The increased telepresencefrom VR and its impact on participants’ responses towards the apartment is thereby captured.Results show that both technological variables of telepresence (vividness & interactivity) arepositively influential in the three-dimensional spectrum of consumer responses (affective,cognitive & conative). Moreover, this study reveals that telepresence contributes to enhancedproduct knowledge, produces a hedonic experience and aids in decision-making. Conclusively,managerial recommendations are provided, detailing aspects to consider before implementingsuch immersive technologies.
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MIRZA, ALI KHAN FRANCOIS, and FILIP GUNNARSSON. "The Effects of VR on Consumer Attitudes – Lessons from Implementing VR Technologies in Real Estate Marketing." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414977.
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Virtual Reality (VR) has gained tremendous interest within the last decades and is rapidly becoming a disruptive marketing tool across all industries. Predictions show that the VR market is expected to reach a staggering US$120 billion by 2026 (Fortune Business Insights, 2019). While previous research has investigated the impact of VR on consumer attitudes, the connection between its immersive characteristic, i.e. telepresence (Steuer, 1992), and the complexity of consumer attitudes (Eagly & Chaiken, 1993), is still relatively unknown. Hence, this paper addresses the discrepancy in extant literature by applying a qualitative research approach. We conduct in-depth interviews using a quasi-experiment design, displaying an apartment through 2D (pictures) and followingly 3D stimuli (VR). The increased telepresence from VR and its impact on participants’ responses towards the apartment is thereby captured. Results show that both technological variables of telepresence (vividness & interactivity) are positively influential in the three-dimensional spectrum of consumer responses (affective, cognitive & conative). Moreover, this study reveals that telepresence contributes to enhanced product knowledge, produces a hedonic experience and aids in decision-making. Conclusively, managerial recommendations are provided, detailing aspects to consider before implementing such immersive technologies.
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Beverskog, Simon, and Fredrik Larsson. "A study on 2D advertisementsin mobile versus VR experiences." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-424348.
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Virtual reality tech is new, exciting and full of opportunities.Despite this the gaming section of virtual reality does not grow asfast as it was predicted it would be. Headsets and games areexpensive and perhaps a market model similar to the mobile gamingmarket would do the new tech good. A model that is heavily reliant onadvertisements and low prices.The purpose of this thesis is to show that virtual reality games areas viable an advertising target as mobile games that are a popularadvertisement medium. The study uses 2D billboard advertisements asthey are a non-intrusive advertisement format that can be implementedin a similar fashion on a mobile game and VR game.For this study two games were developed, one that runs on a OculusQuest VR headset and one for mobile Android devices. The games are asclose to each other as possible in terms of objective and settingwith the same advertisements implemented in them, each game featurestwo levels, one level contains advertisements and one does not.Surveys are used to find data regarding how the advertisementsaffected the game experience on both platforms. Interviews were thenconducted to find more qualitative information and to explain theresults as well as to find out what makes an advertisement good ortolerable.
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Dam, Roadley-Battin Nikolaj. "Educational VR : An exploration of educational VR for professional users." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-144071.
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This thesis explores Virtual Reality (VR) as a digital medium for teaching in a professional context. In collaboration with ABB, a pioneering technology leader, the thesis questions whether VR could be the future medium for training ABB service personnel. The research discusses how you can design for VR, by drawing parallels to traditional mediums; Moreover, the research covers insights into the ABB education and VR explorations. Three experience prototypes were designed as the final concept. These experience prototypes aim to highlight educational use cases through VR, covering collaborative work, safety guidelines and various utilities. The goal of the final experience prototypes is to engage potential users and designers in a dialog concerning VR as an educational medium of the future.
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Roos, Daniel, and Gustav Aaro. "A Toolset for Qualitative Dataset Generation of Virtual Reality Environment User Interaction." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-148667.
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Virtual reality (VR) is a medium of human interaction which is becoming more popular by the day in today's technological advancements. The applications are being developed at the same rate as the technology itself and we have only seen the start of the possible benefits it could bring society. As the technology advances it will gain a lot of trust, and the potential use cases of virtual environments will be allowed to become more complex. Already today, they often involve network streaming components which often has very strict optimization requirements in order to be able to run in real-time with minimal delay under normal network conditions. In order to reach the required optimizations it is important to understand how users interact with such virtual environments. To support and facilitate the understanding of this kind of interaction we have developed a method for creating qualitative datasets containing extensive information about the 3D scene as well as the sensor data from the head-mounted display (HMD). We then apply this method to create a sample dataset from a virtual 3D environment and try to analyze the data collected through some simple methods for demonstrational purposes.
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Eriksson, Gustav, and Anton Engberg. "Automating the CAD to Virtual Reality Pipeline for Assembly Simulation." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Maskinkonstruktion, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166894.
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Virtual reality is emerging as a valuable tool in the manufacturing industry, as it allows engineers to place themselves in a virtual environment in which they can inspect and evaluate their 3D designs, providing a sense of scale not available through a 2D screen. Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB currently uses physical prototypes to assess whether their designs work from an assembly perspective, which can be expensive and time consuming to make and are often downscaled. Therefore, an interest in exploring the possibility of using virtual reality as a tool for simulating and evaluating assembly sequences has emerged, as well as training operators on said sequences, which lays the foundation for this thesis work. The thesis explores the possibility of using virtual reality to simulate assembly sequences using imported CAD models. Emphasis is put on automating the CAD to virtual reality pipeline, as well as how arbitrary CAD models can be presented in virtual reality and how assembly evaluation and training of said CAD models can be simulated in VR. An application is developed in Unreal Engine to explore the possibilities of using the program for virtual reality assembly simulation, as well as identifying potential problem areas. A solution to each of the problems are proposed, and these solutions together make up the application. The application is evaluated with end users to identify areas of improvement. The general conclusions that can be drawn from the results are that there are differences in how CAD programs and Unreal Engine handle and make use of 3D geometry which can cause issues, and that the number of parts and the size of these parts are the two most prominent parameters that can cause problems when importing, handling and using arbitrary CAD models in Unreal Engine.
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Liljeberg, Johan, and Anton Bjäreborn. "Hur kan fysisk teater integreras i Virtual Reality för att främja kroppsligt berättande?" Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21845.
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Artikeln behandlar blandningen av fysisk teater och Virtual Reality(VR) och ämnar att besvara vilka fördelar kroppsligt berättande kan generera ur en digital miljö. Sammanhangen och kopplingarna leder till en diskussion hur VR som medieform kan liknas vid en teatermask som främjar kroppslig berättande. Artikeln tar också upp hur kroppen är viktig i både VR och teater samt hur gestaltningen Get Your Act Together översätter den fysiska världen till en digital plats. Avslutningsvis presenteras ett sammanhang mellan VR och teater vilket leder till en diskussion om VR:ens roll som medie i teatersammanhang.This article deals with the mixture of physical theater and Virtual Reality(VR) and aims to answer what benefits physical storytelling can generate from a digital environment. The context and the connections leads to a discussion of how VR as a media form can be compared to a theatrical mask that promotes physical storytelling. The article also addresses how the body is important in both VR and theater and how the design “Get Your Act Together” translates the physical world into a digital place. Finally, a connection between VR and theater is presented, which leads to a discussion about VR's role as a medium in a theater context.
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Karlsson, Fredrik, and Marcus Lundberg. "Designriktlinjer för handinteraktion för att stödja immersion i VR : En studie om att skapa riktlinjer för design av handinteraktion för VR för att stödja immersion." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-35373.
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Virtuell verklighet (VR) har börjat användas i större utsträckning av människor inomområden som utbildning och underhållning. För att VR ska uppfattas som en seriösplattform för att skapa utbildnings- och underhållningstjänster, är en känsla avimmersion en viktig del av användarupplevelsen. Det finns idag olika metoder för attinteragera med VR men de saknar upplevelsen av att vara naturliga och realistiska.Handinteraktion anses vara ett naturligt sätt för människor att interagera med VR och harförutsättningar för att stödja immersion. Trots att handinteraktion anses vara ett bra sättatt interagera med VR finns det idag inga riktlinjer som underlättar för att designa tjänstermed handinteraktion. För att undersöka hur handinteraktion kan designas för att stödjaimmersion i VR, har vi utgått från frågan:Hur kan handinteraktion designas för virtuell verklighet för att stödja immersion?Genom vår studie har vi identifierat aspekter som är viktiga för att handinteraktion skastödja immersion. Frågan studeras genom en designorienterad ansats med kvalitativadatainsamlingsmetoder som deltagartester, intervjuer och observationer. Testdeltagarnasom deltagit i studien är rekryterade baserat på deras tidigare erfarenheter av VR ochspel. Studien bidrar med kunskap om vad som är viktigt för att handinteraktion skauppfattas som naturligt och realistiskt för att stödja immersion när det används i VR.Virtual reality (VR) is becoming more commonly used by people in areas like educationand entertainment. However, for VR to be a serious platform for creating education andentertainment services, the sense of immersion is an important part of the userexperience. Today there are several methods to interact with VR, but they often lack thefeeling of being natural and realistic. Hand interaction is seen as a natural way for peopleto interact with VR and has potential to create immersion. However, even though handinteraction is seen to be a natural way of interacting with VR there’s no guidelinesavailable to facilitate the design of VR-services with hand interaction. To study how handinteraction can be designed to support immersion in VR, we’ve asked the question:“How can hand interaction be designed for virtual reality to support immersion?”Through our study, we have identified aspects that are important for hand interaction tobe able to support immersion. The question has been studied through a design orientedapproach with qualitative data gathering methods such as participant test, interviews andobservations. The test participants were recruited based on their previous experience ofVR and games. The study contributes with knowledge regarding what is important for
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Mahboob, Atif, Stephan Husung, Christian Weber, Andreas Liebal, and Heidi Krömker. "Modellbasierter Systems Engineering Ansatz zur effizienten Aufbereitung von VR-Szenen." Thelem Universitätsverlag & Buchhandlung GmbH & Co. KG, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A36928.
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Ein wesentliches Ziel während der Produktentwicklung ist die frühzeitige Absicherung der Produkteigenschaften auf Basis der definierten Produktmerkmale unter Beachtung der äußeren Randbedingungen. Digitale Modelle und Methoden unterstützen den Produktentwickler bei der frühzeitigen virtuellen Evaluation des Produktes. [...] In diesem Beitrag wird eine Methodik präsentiert, die mit Hilfe der SysML-Modelle eine Simulation in VR ermöglicht. Die SysML-Beschreibung wird als Kern der Simulation dienen und das gesamte Simulationsmodell steuern. Weiterhin wird erläutert, wie die SysML-Beschreibung mit einem VR-Tool und einem Physikberechnungstool verbunden werden kann. Die in CAVE und HMD durchgeführten Simulationen wurden im Rahmen von Usability Tests evaluiert. Aus diesen Tests werden Ergebnisse präsentiert, die sich mit Verwendungsschwerpunkten in VR und der Zufriedenheit bei der Beurteilung von Produkten in VR beschäftigt haben. Schlussendlich wird ein Beispiel-Simulationsszenario in der CAVE-VR und einem Head Mounted Display (HMD) diskutiert. [... aus der Einleitung]
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Nilsson, Max. "VR som verktyg i kommunal fysisk planering av offentliga platser." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för fysisk planering, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16382.
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Digitaliseringen av samhället är igång och Sveriges regering har satt som mål att Sverige ska vara i spetsen för utveckling och innovation inom området. Efterfrågan på digitala lösningar är stor bland befolkningen och satsningar görs i de flesta branscher. Inom ämnesområdet fysisk planering innebär detta bland annat att nya tekniska lösningar bör utforskas för att hålla jämna steg med de krav som ställs på samtidens och framtidens medborgardeltagande. Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka virtual reality-teknikens potential i kommunal fysisk planering och hur den kan tillämpas. Med utgångspunkt i Jan Gehls ”12 kvalitetskriterier för offentliga platser” analyserades fallet Nättraby centrum i Karlskrona kommun som vidare mynnade ut i en redovisning av process samt arbetsmetodik för arbete med VR i kommunal planering. Gehls metod applicerades sedan på den virtuella miljön genom att tjänstemän på Karlskrona kommun fick utvärdera projektet. Syftet med appliceringen av analysmetoden var att belysa styrkor och svagheter med tekniken för att genom intervju med tjänstemän kunna diskutera vilka situationer den är tillämpbar samt hur planförslag bör visualiseras för att uppnå kommunens syfte med tekniken. Resultatet av uppsatsen visade att analysmetoden ”12 kvalitetskriterier för offentliga platser” var tillämpbar i en virtuell miljö men att vissa kriterier var lättare att bedöma än andra. De kriterier som ansågs lätta att bedöma i den fysiska miljön var relaterat till skala, rumslighet och relation mellan volymer. De kriterier som ansågs svåra var relaterade till faktisk rörelse på platsen och sinnesupplevelser som inte var representerade (ljud och känsel), men de behövde inte nödvändigtvis inkluderas i simuleringen för att yrkesverksamma planeringsarkitekter skulle kunna bedöma. Vid utformandet av planförslag i VR ansågs det vara extra viktigt att kommunicera förslagets föränderlighet till medborgare samt att diskutera och kunna motivera förslagets detaljeringsgrad baserat på förslagets kommunikationssyfte.The process of digitalizing our society is in full swing and the Swedish government has set its sight on Sweden being the spearhead of development and innovation in the field. There is great demand for digital solutions among Swedish citizens and most branches of industry are making investments to answer it. What this means for spatial planning is, among other things, that new technical solutions should be explored to keep up with citizens demands regarding participatory planning today and in the future. The purpose of this thesis has been to explore virtual reality technology’s potential and application in municipalities spatial planning. With point of departure in Jan Gehl’s “12 quality criteria for public space” a case study was performed on Nättraby center in Karlskrona municipality. This was followed by a plan proposal constructed in 3D with a documented design process and work methodology for working with VR in spatial planning. Gehl’s method was then applied in the virtual environment where officials from Karlskrona municipality evaluated the plan proposal. The purpose of the method for analyzing public space was to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of the technology to create a discussion with officials from Karlskrona municipality, through an interview, about where VR is best used and how spatial planning proposals should be visualized to fulfill the municipality’s intent with using the technology. The results showed that the analysis method “12 quality criteria for public space” proved to be applicable in a virtual environment, but some of the criteria were easier to evaluate than others. Criteria related to scale, space and relation between volumes deemed easiest to evaluate. Criteria related to actual movement and senses that were not simulated like sound and touch were deemed harder to evaluate, but their lack of representation did not hinder the planning officials to evaluate the criteria. In the design of planning proposals for VR the officials emphasized the need to communicate to its citizens that the proposal was changeable and discuss the importance of the relation between level of detail and the proposals communicative intent.
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Niemand, Ponthus, and Aya Saladdin. "Management of ergonomic aspects in early design phases using virtual reality : Mapping of ergonomic aspects in early design phases, How would mordern technology like VR be used?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-37050.
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Volvo Group är ett av världens ledande tillverkare av bland annat lastbilar, bussar, entreprenadmaskiner och motorer för marina och industriella applikationer. Volvo Group äger totalt 10 olika märken, dessa är: Volvo Trucks, UD Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks, Group Trucks Asia & JVs, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Bus, Volvo Penta, Volvo Financial Services och Governmental Sales. Initiativet till projektet togs av Metod och Processutvecklings avdelningen på Volvo Group Trucks Operations (GTO), som är den delen av Volvo Group som utför själva sammansättningen av lastbilar. Volvo GTO finns i flertal olika länder världen över vilket leder till att arbetsprocesserna kan skilja mellan länderna. För att kunna standardisera ett arbetssätt där konstruktören (komponent ägaren) tillsammans med geometri arkitekten kan göra en första ergonomisk analys på den berörda komponenten. För att detta ska vara möjligt så tog projektet fram en handbok på hur man som komponentägare skall gå tillväga för att få en så bra och korrekt analys som möjligt. I denna kandidatarbete tas det upp förslag på hur VR hade kunnat hjälpa till ett utvärderingsverktyg redan i konstruktionsstadiet när en ny produkt/komponent ska tas fram eller om det ska göras förbättringar på en befintlig komponent. Kandidatarbetet har valt att fokusera mest på hur konstruktören och geometri arkitekten ska kunna utvärdera de ergonomiska aspekterna med VR som hjälp. Projektet har undersökt två user case varav ett av dem presenteras i denna rapport. Detta gäller monteringen av värmeskydd. Anledningen till att just denna montering valdes är på grund av dess dåliga ergonomi och åtkomlighet. Projektet valde att göra både en RULA-analys och PLIBEL-analys. RULA-analysen gav hög totalpoäng, 7 av 7 medan PLIBEL endast är en analys på arbetsplatsen vilket gav ett bra underlag för fortsatt arbete. Studien visade att VR är ett väldigt bra hjälpmedel vid analys av ergonomiska aspekter i tidig design fas. Det ger relevanta resultat och har potential för besparingar i resurser och kostnader inom utvecklingsprocessen. För att förbättra kandidatarbetes resultat har det gjorts besök på ESI-Group som har gått in med stöttning i form av VR utrustning och workshop. Detta gav projektmedlemmarna en inblick på möjligheterna man har med VR.Volvo Group is one of the Worlds leading manufacturer in the categories trucks, busses, construction equipment and engines for the marine and industrial applications. Volvo Group consist of many different brands 10 in total, these are: Volvo Trucks, UD Trucks, Renault Trucks, Mack Trucks, Group Trucks Asia & JVs, Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Bus, Volvo Penta, Volvo Financial Services and Governmental Sales. The initiative for the project came from Method and Process Development within Volvo Trucks Tuve Plant, department at Volvo Group Trucks Operations (GTO), which is the part of Volvo Group performing the actual production of the trucks. Volvo GTO is located worldwide in several different countries, which leads to different work processes. To standardize a method where the designer (component owner) together with the geometry architect can make a first ergonomics analysis of the concerned component. To make this possible, the project presented a manual on how the component owner should proceed to obtain as good and correct analysis of ergonomics as possible. This bachelor thesis makes suggestions for how VR would be helpful in the design phase as an evaluation tool during development of a new product/component or whether improvements should be made to an existing component. The thesis has focused mostly on how the designer and geometry architect can evaluate the ergonomics aspects with VR as a help, already in the design phase. The project has investigated two user cases. One of them is presented in this report. This applies to the installation of heat shield, the reason that this particular assembly was chosen is due to its poor ergonomics and accessibility. The project chose to do a RULA-analysis and PLIBEL-analysis. The RULA analysis gave a high total score, 7 out of 7, while PLIBEL was an analysis at the workplace. Both proved to be a good basis for continued work. The study shows that VR is a great tool for analysis of the ergonomics aspects in early design phase. It gives relevant results and has the potential for savings in resources and cost in product development process. To improve the results of the thesis, there have been visits on ESI-Group which has sponsored the thesis in the form of VR equipment and workshop. This gave the project members an insight into the possibilities of VR.
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Vingéus, Kevin. "AN INVESTIGATION ON MIMICKING WITH BREATH FOR IMMERSION : A case study on immersion comparing the differences between input-feedback and queued guidance during a breathing exercisein a VR experience using common hardware." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-15792.
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Practicing breathing exercises isn’t very engaging thou it is seen as great for well-being. Applications can utilize breath as a controller mechanism for interactions. With virtual reality (VR) being an effective tool for inducing the sense of immersion and presence, a breathing exercise was paired up with three alternative sessions in an application that was developed to examine the differences between mimicking and controlling input during an experience in VR, with the baseline of interaction being that of no other controllers but head-orientation-tracking of the VR device. Two pilot tests were performed to evaluate functionality and procedure. The main tests investigated the case of research. It was possible to identify mimicking as an immersive experience that promoted the breathing exercise, while input was more immersive but less beneficial towards performing the breathing exercise. The study was also conducted with- and addresses some design limitations of commonly accessible hardware.
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Heimonen, Magnus. "Virtual Musicality : Soundtrack enters VR." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-12824.
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Virtual Reality (VR) can potentially transport the user to another world. Outside of VR, musical soundtrack is usually placed outside of the scene, referred to as non-diegetic sound. In VR, this could potentially break immersion. Other ways to implement music have to be tested. A test was created consisting of three scenes with a wide selection of “listening modes”, or musical configurations. The listening modes ranged from non-diegetic stereo music via headphones to diegetic, played from speakers inside the VR spaces. 10 respondents played through the scenes in VR, experiencing every listening mode. Respondents then replied to a questionnaire gathering their thoughts on their experience. Results showed that immersion improved the more the experience corresponded to expectations from outside of VR. Non-diegetic listening modes were considered less immersive than diegetic listening modes. This study lays a basic foundation for further research on music in VR with initial guidelines for proper implementation.
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Zhang, Lei. "Immunology Virtual Reality (VR): Exploring Educational VR Experience Design for Science Learning." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83948.
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Immunology Virtual Reality (VR) project is an immersive educational virtual reality experience that intends to provide an informal learning experience of specific immunology concepts to college freshmen in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech (VT). The project is an interdisciplinary endeavor between my collaboration between people from different domain areas at VT: Creative Technologies, Education, Biological Sciences, and Computer Sciences. This thesis elaborates on the whole design process of how I created a working prototype of the project demo and shares insights from my design experience.Master of Fine Arts
Immunology Virtual Reality is an immersive educational virtual reality experience in which a user takes on the role of an immune cell and migrates to fight off pathogen invasions at an infection site in the human body. It explores levels of interactivity and storytelling in educational VR and their impact on learning.
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Høgsborg, Laila, and Luta Albion. "Digital vs Virtual Reality." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20533.
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This paper investigates how VR Impacts game user satisfaction. Four games were tested. Each game has a different genre to help better understand if it will affect player’s preferences in platforms. This study uses a customized ‘The Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale’ (GUESS) which has seven key factors that are used to determine a satisfaction grade for each game on each platform. The results are then compared between each other to analyze the differences and similarities. The result of this thesis showed that the playtesters preferred playing on VR, and that both people with more gaming experience and those with less, preferred VR interactions over PC.
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Novotný, Miroslav. "VR interaktivní aplikace." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-363828.
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The goal of this thesis is to learn about virtual reality and the aspects of the development for this platform. The next goal is to find well suited development environment for the application and test the capabilities and limits of them both. The thesis will be completed by designing, implementing and then testing the aplication using knowledge learnt.
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Ruggenthaler, Dominik, and Maximilian Waidhofer. "Business of “another World” – Virtual Reality (VR) : “Influence of Virtual Reality on the competitive advantage for firms”." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24410.
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Abstract Title: Business of “another World” – Virtual Reality (VR): Influence of Virtual Reality on consumer experience, co-creation and competitive advantage Course: Thesis for Master Degree in Business Administration Authors: Dominik Ruggenthaler and Maximilian Waidhofer Supervisor: Maria Fregidou-Malama, PhD Examiner: Akmal S. Hyder, PhD Date: 2017/06/01 Purpose: This study’s aim is to examine the influence of VR in the field of architecture and its contribution to create competitive advantages. Methodology: To collect empirical data, the research applied a qualitative and inductive approach. Semi-structured interviews with ten participants with different backgrounds are conducted. Furthermore, primary and secondary data obtained from existing scientific resources built the base for argumentation. Findings & Conclusion: The main findings of the research are clustered in four groups. (1) VR planning creates a new service system and has an influence on the project performance; (2) VR experience and (3) co-creation contributes to generate new competitive advantages; (4) the use of the technology is a trigger for architect companies to differentiate compared to their competitors. Theoretical contribution: This is one of the few studies that combines VR planning with customer experience and co-creation. Furthermore, previous researches do focus on competitive advantages in this context. The developed conceptual model identifies the impact of VR on competitive advantage generation within the architecture business. Managerial implications: The implication of VR leads to both new opportunities and new problems. On one hand, architects can embed their clients better in the planning stage, but on the other hand, customers might become overwhelmed by the multisided VR opportunities. Also, it is outlined that a form of virtual planning will probably become an industry standard, which has to be adopted by architects. Limitations: Cost Leadership, one element of competitive advantages, is not explored through this study. Also, customer response of VR services has to be evaluated more deeply. Therefore we suggest further research in those fields. Keywords: VR planning, co-creation, experience, competitive advantage, architecture
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Lundgren, Kristoffer. "VR Museum Experience." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80669.
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Museum Anna Nordlander is a part of Skelleftea Museum and focuses on the artist Anna Nordlander. ˚ The goal of the project was to develop a VR Experience centered around Anna Nordlander and one of her paintings. The content for the experience was provided and recorded by the people at Museum Anna Nordlander. The purpose was to create a playable demo with features like audio playback, interactable objects, and a modular approach to the code which would allow future additions to the project. This paper investigates how some of the design choices affects the user experience. Specifically, how our choices affect the users physically, how prevalent certain symptoms common in VR are in the product. To gather the necessary data both the Oculus GO and the Oculs Qust were tested. The user tests showed that room scale tracking is an important feature to reduce user discomfort and nausea, and teleportation style movement is not a good solution while using the Oculus GO. The end result is a playable demo containing all the content provided to the developers and all the requested features. The demo is also intended to be modular and easy to expand upon in the future.Museum Anna Nordlander är en del av Skellefteå Museum och är inriktat på konstnären Anna Nordlander. Målet med projektet var att utveckla en VR upplevelse centrerad kring Anna Nordlander och en av hennes konstverk. Innehållet i upplevelsen spelades in och skickades till utvecklarna från Museum Anna Nordlander. Syftet var att skapa ett spelbart demo med funktioner som ljuduppspelning, interagerbara objekt, och en modulärt tillvägagångssätt vilket skule tillåta framtida tillskott till projektet. Denna artikel använder sig också av användartester för att undersöka hur några av designvalen påverkar användarupplevelsen. Specifikt sett hur våra val påverkar användarna fysikt, hur prevalent vanliga VR-symptom är i produkten. För att samla in den nödvändiga datan gjordes tester med både Oculus GO och Oculus Quest. Användartesterna visade att room-scale tracking är en viktig function för att minska obehag och illamående bland användarna, och att rörelse genom teleportering inte är en bra lösning för Oculus GO. Resultatet är ett spelbart demo som innehåller allt innehåll som utvecklarna fick samt alla funktioner som efterfrågades. Projektet är också tänkt att vara modulärt och lätt att fortsätta arbeta på i framtiden.
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Durnell, Linda A. "Emotional Reaction of Experiencing Crisis in Virtual Reality (VR)/360?" Thesis, Fielding Graduate University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10747522.
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Emotional Reaction of Experiencing Crisis in Virtual Reality (VR)/360° Immersive technology is being used to provoke emotion and move millions of people to action. Because organizations and filmmakers are exploring more ways to use the immersive technology of VR and 360-degree video to evoke emotion, it is important to investigate what emotional reactions are experienced. Both VR and 360° fall under the category of immersive media and the terms are used interchangeably in this study. NVivo 11 is used for the analysis of 1,700 Twitter texts between the years 2015 and 2017 after people view the crisis Clouds Over Sidra in VR/360°. The appraisal theory of emotion serves as the framework to explore the interpretation of the subject’s emotional reactions. Sentiment and thematic analysis reveal (a) an increase in empathy, (b) reports of emotional reactions including feelings of sadness, grief and anger, (c) greater understanding of the crisis (d) intentions to act related to the crisis, (e) importance of VR/360° for educational use, and (f) the power of VR/360° and its ability to alter fields of education, humanitarian work, and politics. This study finds the immersive experience of viewing a crisis in VR/360° generates a range of highly emotional reactions. It is an important goal to understand the role VR/360° plays in generating emotional reactions and behavioral change, particularly in view of the accelerating development of emotional VR/360° content and people’s access to immersive technology.
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Bramstedt, Robert. "Notifikationsmodeller i virtuell verklighet vid träning inför akuta situationer : En jämförelse mellan två grafiskt presenterade notifikationsmodeller." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-98412.
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VR står för Virtual Reality och används idag ofta för utbildning, både inom skola och yrkesgrupper då det har uppvisat goda resultat och är relativt billigt att utföra jämfört med att träna till exempel personal inom brandkår, sjukhus och polis. Finns det en applikation där flera användare inklusive en instruktör kan samverka oberoende plats och plattform blir det bättre ur både logistiskt och ekonomiskt perspektiv. Det finns idag ingen standardiserad modell för notifikationer inom VR och därför finns det en mängd olika modeller för att fånga användarens uppmärksamhet. Det här arbetet handlar om att undersöka webbläsaren som verktyg för en Virtual Reality- applikation där flera användare samtidigt kan använda applikationen oberoende av vilken plattform som används. Anledningen till att det skall fungera för flera användare samtidigt är för att applikationen är till för träning inför akuta situationer och då skall både instruktör och användare kunna vara i applikationen samtidigt. Arbetet handlar också om att ta reda på vilken av de två notifikationsmodeller som i det här arbetet testas är det mest tidseffektiva vid träning av brandkår med hjälp av VR-teknik. Resultatet har framkommit genom utförda användartester genomförda med hjälp av en prototyp som har utvecklats; samt intervjuer av de testpersoner som har deltagit i användartester. Testpersonerna delades upp i två lika stora grupper på 10 st i varje grupp för att testa två olika notifikationsmodeller. De testade notifikationsmodeller är en statisk nödutgångsskylt och en visuell vägvisare i form av en pil i golvet som rör sig i för scenariots uppgift rätt riktning. Uppgiften som testpersonerna fick var att ta sig från en punkt till en annan i en rökfylld lokal på så snabb tid som möjligt, med hjälp av den notifikation som tilldelades. Testpersonerna rangordnades efter att samtliga test var genomförda. Den som klarat sig bäst i den ena gruppen jämfördes med den som klarat sig bäst i den andra gruppen och så vidare. Resultatet visar tendenser åt att den visuella vägvisaren var den mest effektiva av de två notifikationsmodeller som testades. Deltagarna i gruppen som använde den visuella sökvägen presterade något bättre, vilket indikerar en trend mot preferenser för den notifikations modellen framför den statiska nödutgångsskylten.
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Linn, Andreas. "Gaze Teleportation in Virtual Reality." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-216585.
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This paper reports preliminary investigations into gaze teleportation, a locomotion interaction inside virtual reality in which the user can push a button and teleport to the point at which they are looking. The results could help future application creators design intuitive locomotion interfaces to allow users to more easily scale virtual worlds larger than their play space. In a study consisting of 12 participants, gaze teleportation was compared to the conventional hand-tracked controller. Participants played a portion of Valve’s The Lab with an HTC Vive and a Tobii Eyetracker; half of the participants completed the set tasks with gaze teleportation, and the other half used hand-tracking. Using Likert questions, they then rated their experiences in terms of enjoyment, frustration, effort, distance, occlusion, immersion, and motion sickness. After answering the questions, the participants got to try both methods and were interviewed on their preferences and opinions. Our results suggest that gaze teleportation is an enjoyable, fast, intuitive, and natural locomotion method that performs similarly to hand-tracked teleportation but is preferred by users when they are given a choice. We conclude that gaze teleportation is a good fit for applications in which users are expected to locomote in their direction of focus without too many distractions.I det här dokumentet rapporteras preliminära resultat av blickteleportation, en rörelseinteraktion för virtuella verkligheter där användaren kan trycka på en knapp och teleportera till den punkt som de tittar på. Resultaten kan hjälpa framtida applikationsskapare att designa intuitiva rörelsegränssnitt så att användarna lättare kan röra sig i virtuella världar som är större än deras spelrum. I en studie med 12 deltagare jämfördes blick med teleportation med den konventionella handkontroll metoden. Deltagarna spelade en del av Valve’s The Lab med en HTC Vive och en Tobii Eyetracker; Hälften av deltagarna slutförde de uppsatta uppgifterna med blickteleportation, och den andra hälften använde handmetoden. Med Likert-frågor bedömde de sedan sina erfarenheter när det gällde njutning, frustration, ansträngning, avstånd, ocklusion och rörelsesjuka. Efter att ha besvarat frågorna fick deltagarna prova båda metoderna och intervjuades om sina preferenser och åsikter. Våra resultat tyder på att blickteleportation är en trevlig, snabb, intuitiv och naturlig rörelseinteraktion som presterar likt handmetoden, men föredras av användarna när de får välja. Vi drar slutsatsen att blickteleportation passar bra för applikationer där användarna förväntas förflytta sig i samma riktning som deras fokus.
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Kelkkanen, Viktor. "Remote Rendering for VR." Licentiate thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21382.
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The aim of this thesis is to study and advance technology relating to remote rendering of Virtual Reality (VR). In remote rendering, rendered content is commonly streamed as video images in network packets from a server to a client. Experiments are conducted with varying networks and configurations throughout this work as well as with different technologies that enable or improve remote VR experiences. As an introduction to the field, the thesis begins with related studies on 360-video. Here, a statistic based on throughput alone is proposed for use in light-weight performance monitoring of encrypted HTTPS 360-video streams. The statistic gives an indication of the potential of stalls in the video stream which may be of use for network providers wanting to allocate bandwidth optimally. Moving on from 360-video into real-time remote rendering, a wireless VR adapter, TPCAST, is studied and a method for monitoring the inputand video-throughput of this device is proposed and implemented. With the monitoring tool, it is for example possible to identify video stalls that occur in TPCAST and thus determine a baseline of its robustness in terms of video delivery. Having determined the baseline, we move on to developing a prototype remote rendering system for VR. The prototype has so far been used to study the bitrate requirements of remote VR and to develop a novel method that can be used to reduce the image size from a codec-perspective by utilizing the Hidden Area Mesh (HAM) that is unique to VR. By reducing the image size, codecs can run faster and time will therefore be saved each frame, potentially reducing the latency of the system.
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Kayumi, Walid. "Developing a lean enablers training program using virtual reality (VR) system." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/10502.
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Training plays a major role in improving work within organisations by ensuring that the appropriate level of knowledge and skills are shared among personnel. It moulds the thinking process and leads to quality performance. However, training which includes a practical aspect usually targets a specific type of trainee and can limit the learning of an individual coming from a different background than that taken into consideration when the training programme was originally developed. This research focuses on training, and attempts to develop a program using a virtual reality (VR) system as a platform to create a simulated working environment which has the flexibility to train staff members of an organisation, who may come from a variety of different professional backgrounds, in the concept of the lean enablers. The main concern of this research is the adaptation of lean training for a virtual environment. Existing training methods have been analysed, along with the various ways in which they can be implemented, and these have been used in this research as a starting point from which to construct the virtual work environment. Through the research, a method has been developed to set up and run a training session using a virtual reality (VR) system by generating a structure to design the modelling elements that compose the virtual workplace, as well as establishing a method so that a trainee can navigate the simulated environment and perform tasks. A program to collect the performance measures and visualise the results has also been developed, with the aim of enabling the evaluation of a simulation run by assessors/trainers. This research covers new ground in providing a simulated working environment, which can suit any trainee’s professional background, to facilitate learning about the lean enablers. It offers the capacity of establishing a simulated work environment which can represent the trainee’s workplace and provide the necessary practical experience in order to grasp the concept taught through the training program. Additionally it offers the capacity for assessors/trainers to observe the performance measures and the trainee’s behaviour, simultaneously, while undertaking a simulation run. These combinations of information can be complementary and enable assessors/trainers in providing the best feedback while improving the learning curve of a trainee. Although training programmes in organisations have provided a number of improvements in completing work with high efficiency and minimum waste, the outcomes collected in this research demonstrate that their benefits can be pushed further in terms of providing a training method which can be accessible to a large variety of sectors.
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Notstrand, Sofie. "Virtual Reality för Offentliga Miljöer : Utformning av en självgående VR-installation." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Design och formgivning, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-29314.
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Mitt examensarbete är genomfört som en undersökande designprocess, vars syfte är att undersöka vilka krav en VR-upplevelse, med hög immersion, ställer på den fysiska miljön för att sedan omsätta dessa krav i ett färdigt koncept av ett fysiskt rum som ska fungera självgående. Med det fysiska rummet syftar jag till det verkliga rummet i vilket det virtuella rummet finns tillgängligt att uppleva via VR-utrustning. Det fysiska rummet är i detta fall också platsspecifikt då jag har jobbat med beställarna Länsmuseet Gävleborg samt Region Gävleborg, men konceptet går att anpassa till andra miljöer, utefter kraven som dessa ställer. Detta rum kommer främst att användas för visning av olika världsarv i VR, och världsarvet som inviger rummet är Hälsingegården Bortom Åa, även kallad Fågelsjö Gammelgård. Det virtuella innehållet har delvis påverkat rummets utformning, främst i valen av grafisk utsmyckning. Designprocessen har bestått av ett kontinuerligt researcharbete, problemanalys, användarobservationer, idégenerering som innefattar workshop, deltagarobservationer, prototypbygge, konceptutveckling och sammanställande samt visualiserande av färdigt koncept. Jag har under processen arbetat med det fysiska rummet i dessa fem problemområden: planlösning, säkerhet, inbjudande och inkluderande, utrustning samt instruerande. Något som har präglat min process mycket är kravet om att rummet ska fungera självgående, det vill säga att ingen extra instruktör eller övervakare ska behövas för användning av rummet. Detta är ett krav från Länsmuseet Gävleborg och är av ekonomiska och praktiska skäl. En viktig poäng med mitt arbete har varit att tillgängliggöra kulturella upplevelser för de som inte har möjlighet att ta sig till den verkliga platsen. Av den anledningen har jag jobbat mot att rummet bör vara tillgängligt för så många som möjligt. Genom att presentera ett världsarv via en modern och spännande teknik kan det bidra till ökat intresse av historia och kultur bland unga samt generera fler besökare till museet och i förlängningen ekonomiskt gynna kulturutvecklingen i Gävle. Det kan även minska klimatpåverkan genom att resor till platser långt bort inte behöver genomföras, så som studiebesök. Mitt examensarbete har resulterat i ett innovativt koncept av ett rum tillägnat offentliga utställningar i VR, med vissa plats- och situationsspecifika detaljer, så som storlek och val av vissa grafiska detaljer. Det fysiska rummet består i sin helhet av två mindre delrum. I de rummen finns både rent tekniska, visuella och sensoriska lösningar som behandlar de olika problemområdena. Detta rum har presenterats med renderingar, illustrationer samt skalmodell. I skrivande stund har konceptet i sin helhet redan förverkligats på Länsmuseet Gävleborg och finns där att besöka, men det jag presenterar i denna uppsats är arbetet som ledde fram till konceptet.
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Arbman, Isak. "Berättande för Virtual Reality : Om empati och personligt utrymme i VR." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13872.
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Berättande för Virtual Reality undersöker hur okonventionellt berättande kan påverka en spelares upplevda förhållande till en non-player character i vad som annars är en minimalistisk Virtual Reality-simulation. Studien innefattar en kvalitativ undersökning som utfördes på åtta testpersoner som alla fick spela igenom tre sociala scenarier i Virtual Reality och sedan intervjuas för att utvinna data till undersökningen. För att stödja undersökningens upplägg baserades arbetet på en bred bakgrund relaterad till bland annat berättartekniker och Virtual Reality-utveckling. Resultaten av undersökningen uppmärksammar potentialen som Virtual Reality har för att stärka den emotionella kopplingen mellan en spelare och en non-player character. Det lägger också en grund för vidare experimentering inom berättande i mediet i framtiden.
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Ucelli, Giuliana. "Communication and collaboration within a VR system for architectural design." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2002. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22174.
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This thesis addresses issues related to the development of Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) for architectural design use. Today a new level of complexity has been brought to the meaning of virtuality by the creation of network-based virtual communities and the use of avatars along with multimedia which provides the technology for remote presence and collaborative experience. Communication and especially collaboration among design teams are now key factors in making the design process faster and more efficient in order to achieve increased competitiveness in the construction market. The objective of this thesis is to present a tool that is capable of creating 3D shapes in a shared VR environment, therefore allowing the evolution of the design to be a shared process. Along with its companion thesis (Conti, 2002) it gives the description of a framework and software prototype which could help practitioners using Virtual Reality technology by being a new interface for collaborative design at the early stages of the design process. The prototype system that is described here is called Java™ Collaborative Architectural Design tool in Virtual Reality JCAD-VR) and this thesis presents a description of its collaborative architecture. This thesis gives a description of the phases and technical solutions in the development of the network architecture and collaborative features of the JCAD-VR system. In addition, several different communication tools were used to enhance communication and the flow of information among the design teams and they are integrated in a Virtual Environment specifically created for architects. After the description of the software development the results are given of a test of the collaborative architecture of JCAD-VR and its ease of use in a real multi participant design experiment which show the potential and efficiency of using CVEs in architecture.
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Lucas, Stephen 1985. "Virtual Stage: Merging Virtual Reality Technologies and Interactive Audio/Video." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984124/.
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Virtual Stage is a project to use Virtual Reality (VR) technology as an audiovisual performance interface. The depth of control, modularity of design, and user immersion aim to solve some of the representational problems in interactive audiovisual art and the control problems in digital musical instruments. Creating feedback between interaction and perception, the VR environment references the viewer's behavioral intuition developed in the real world, facilitating clarity in the understanding of artistic representation. The critical essay discusses of interactive behavior, game mechanics, interface implementations, and technical developments to express the structures and performance possibilities. This discussion uses Virtual Stage as an example with specific aesthetic and technical solutions, but addresses archetypal concerns in interactive audiovisual art. The creative documentation lists the interactive functions present in Virtual Stage as well as code reproductions of selected technical solutions. The included code excerpts document novel approaches to virtual reality implementation and acoustic physical modeling of musical instruments.
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Ayers, Abigail E. "The Collaborative Nature of Designing Narrative VR Applications." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1587130850965235.
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Kläboe, Niklas, and Natalie Schreiber. "Virtual Reality som visualiseringsverktyg för ljusdesign." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Tekniska Högskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-45540.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate Virtual Reality as a visualization tool for communicating light and lighting design in projects. In the study, we sought to answer whether there are differences in light and spatial experience between a VR model and a physical environment. The VR model was created on the basis of visual evaluations of a physical environment and was therefore not based on light technical parameters (illuminance, luminance etc.). The data was collected by conducting an experiment where 35 subjects were put in two groups, an experiment group (n=30) and a control group (n=5). The subjects gave numerical input through a leader-led questionnaire about their experience of light and spatial dimensions in the VR model and the physical environment. The results showed that there was no significant statistical difference between how the experiment group experienced the light in the VR model compared to the physical environment. The experiment group also considered that the spatial dimensions in the two environments were equal except for a minor deviation concerning how high/low they experienced the room. In the results, a difference can be seen in how test subject with and without knowledge of light evaluated the environments which suggests that there may be a deficiency in how design is communicated between people with knowledge of light and people without knowledge of light. Following these findings, the presenting method of visualizing light in VR seems very promising and should be seen as a basis for further practical use of the tool.
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Yuen, Ka-kei, and 源嘉祈. "A full-immersive CAVE-based VR simulation system of forklift truck operations." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46974477.
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Wisén, André. "Integrating IFC Models and Virtual Reality for Indoor Lighting Design." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254834.
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Previous research has studied the use of Building Performance Simulations (BPS) tools withBuilding Information Modeling (BIM). BPS can be used to visualize and evaluate the designof buildings. Virtual Reality (VR) can be used as a BPS tool for designing indoor lighting.The problem is that previous research still has difficulties with data interoperability. That isthe integration of VR with BIM. Many studies suggest using the file format IFC to mitigatethis problem.The aim of this study is to investigate how to increase data interoperability by using a fileformat IFC. A prototype system will be developed to test this. The research question is if openBIM formats can improve the quality of design solutions? The study will try to answer howVR can be integrated with BIM and how VR can be used for indoor lighting design.The result from this thesis is in part a prototype system called FooBar. FooBar shows how VRcan be integrated with BIM. However, the file format IFC was not used throughout the wholedesign process. Instead, IFC is only used at the beginning and the end of the process. Thisstudy shows how VR can be used as an alternative BPS tool. Users can manipulate lights inthe building model. These changes are then updated in the original BIM model.This means that VR can be used to improve the quality of design solutions. In other words,FooBar can help to cope with multidisciplinary design processes. Users can immersethemselves into the virtual environment and see different design alternatives for themselves.Different design alternatives can easily be rendered in VR. With a system like FooBar, userscan easily define, propose, and analyze different design ideas to reach design goals.Tidigare forskning har studerat hur simuleringsverktyg (Building Performance Simulations,BPS) kan användas med byggnadsinformationsmodellering (Building Information Modeling,BIM).Simuleringsverktyg kan dels användas för att visualisera design och användas somdesignutvärdering. Virtual Reality (VR), eller virtuell verklighet, kan användas som ettsimuleringsverktyg för design av inomhusbelysning. Problemet är att tidigare forskning harproblem med datakompatibilitet, d.v.s. integrationen av VR med BIM. Många studier föreslåratt filformatet IFC används för att lösa detta problem.Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur man ökar datakompatibiliteten genom attanvända ett IFC. Ett prototypsystem kommer att utvecklas för att testa detta. Forskningsfråganhandlar om huruvida öppna BIM-format kan förbättra kvaliteten på designlösningarna.Studien ska även försöka svara på hur VR kan integreras med BIM och hur VR kan användasför inomhusbelysningsdesign.Resultatet av detta arbete är en del av ett prototypsystem kallat FooBar. FooBar visar hur VRkan integreras med BIM. Filformatet IFC användes emellertid inte under heladesignprocessen. Istället används IFC endast i början och slutet av processen. Det andraresultatet är att denna studie visar hur VR kan användas som ett alternativ till andrasimuleringsverktyg. Med FooBar kan användare flytta, rotera och skala om ljus ibyggnadsmodellen. Dessa ändringar uppdateras sedan i den ursprungliga BIM-modellen.Det betyder att VR kan användas för att förbättra kvaliteten på designlösningarna. FooBar kanmed andra ord bidra till att underlätta multidisciplinära designprocesser. Användare kan självakliva in i den virtuella miljön (i VR) och se olika designalternativ framför sig. Således kanolika designalternativ enkelt göras i VR. Med ett system som FooBar kan användarna enkeltdefiniera, föreslå och analysera olika designidéer för att nå de designmål som finns i projektet.
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Ljungdahl, Petter. "Taktilitet i Virtual Reality, vän eller fiende? : En kvalitativ studie om sambandet mellan visuella stimuli och taktila stimuli i Virtual Reality." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Ljud- och musikproduktion, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-29776.
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I denna studie undersöks sambandet mellan visuella och taktila stimuli i Virtual Reality med avstamp i frågeställningarna: Hur stor roll spelar sambandet mellan visuella stimuli och taktila stimuli i en Virtual Reality-installation? Hur förändras deltagarens inlevelsekänsla när detta samband ändras? Hur förändras deltagarens rumsuppfattning när detta samband ändras? För att besvara frågeställningarna skapades två olika versioner av en interaktiv VR-installation utefter metoden forskning genom design. En av versionerna hade korrekt samband mellan visuella stimuli och taktila stimuli, det vill säga att deltagaren fysiskt kunde röra vid det denne såg med hjälp av fysiska objekt som var placerade i samma rum som installationen upplevdes i. Den andra versionen hade felaktigt samband mellan visuella stimuli och taktila stimuli, vilket innebar att de fysiska objekten hade flyttats en aning i Virtual Reality-installationen så att de ej speglade objekten i verkligheten. Det vill säga att informationen deltagaren avläste vid beröring ej stämde överens med informationen deltagaren avläste med synen. Därefter fick fyra deltagare testa dessa installationer och svara på frågor i en öppen intervjuform. Resultatet kopplades tydligt till Csíkszentmihályis flow-teori; när sambandet mellan dessa stimuli ej var korrekt så förändrades deltagarnas rumsuppfattning vilket bidrog till att de kände en lägre inlevelsekänsla. Möjligheten att kunna vidröra de fysiska objekten i sig ansågs dock som mer inlevelserikt än ifall möjligheten ej funnits där. Det ses även som styrkan med denna studie; att resultatet tydligt speglade de valda teorierna. Svagheten med studien var att resultatet enbart grundas på data från intervjuer med fyra deltagare, då flera ej hanns med inom tidsramen för studien.
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Ng, Foo Meng. "Virtual reality and computer-based tools for the routing of cable harnesses." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1217.
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Pelánek, Lukáš. "Virtuální prohlídka ve VR." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-403818.
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This thesis deals with the making of virtual tours in the virtual reality. It deals with panoramic photographs and their use in creating virtual tours. In this thesis, two applications were designed and implemented. The first one as a web editor for creating and the other as a mobile application for viewing virtual tours. The created solution provides a comprehensive tool for working with virtual tours.
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Joshi, Hrishikesh S. "Open architecture for embedding VR based mechanical tools in CAD." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2006/h_joshi_010507.pdf.
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Zaiets, Myroslava. "Factors influencing the mass adoption of VR video platforms." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-291455.
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Despite the number of studies demonstrating the opportunities for the broad implication of virtual reality (VR) across numerous industry domains, including media, this technology has not yet made history, to a large extent, because of the bottlenecks that prevent it from becoming mainstream. A number of media houses, video production companies, and even VR equipment developers such as The New York Times, Disney, or Oculus invested into the creation of the VR video platforms and apps with 360-degree films and VR movies. However, their acceptance by a general public has been slower than many have anticipated. This paper explores the ecosystem of platforms serving VR video and identifies the factors influencing their development and adoption based on the insights from the previous research on the technology acceptance models (TAMs) of virtual reality and interviews with ten VR professionals: developers, content providers, and representatives of VR video platforms. This qualitative study reveals that VR hardware design and performance (degrees of freedom, rendered video quality, immobility, interaction with VR content, cybersickness), the price of VR headsets (which are monofunctional devices), limited socialization features in virtual environment, the lack of appealing VR content and issues with its production are some of the main components that hinder the interest towards virtual reality and VR video platforms by a large audience. These determinants, subsequently, may influence the VR users’ perceived enjoyment, usefulness and ease of use, essential for the emerging technologies diffusion. The paper presents the discussion on the bottlenecks and potential growth points that may become the drivers for the further development of platforms offering VR video and their adoption by the wider public.Trots ett stort antal studier som visar upp möjligheterna för bred implikation av virtual reality (VR) över flertalet branschdomäner, inklusive media, har denna teknik ännu inte fått ett brett genomslag, i stor utsträckning, på grund av flaskhalsar som hindrar den från att bli "mainstream". Ett antal mediehus, videoproduktionsföretag och till och med utvecklare av VR-utrustning (som The New York Times, Disney samt Oculus) investerade i skapandet av VR-videoplattformar och appar med 360-graders filmer och VR-filmer. Allmänhetens acceptans har gått långsammare än många har förväntat sig. Denna uppsats utforskar ekosystemet för plattformar som leverar VR-video och identifierar de faktorer som påverkar deras utveckling och antagande baserat på insikter från tidigare forskning om teknikacceptationsmodeller (TAM) för virtual reality och intervjuer med tio VR-proffs: utvecklare, innehållsleverantörer, och representanter för VR-videoplattformar. Denna kvalitativa studie avslöjar att VR-hårdvarudesign och prestanda (frihetsgrader, renderad videokvalitet, rörlighet, interaktion med VR-innehåll, "cybersickness"), priset på VR-headset (som monofunktionella enheter), begränsade socialiseringsfunktioner i virtuell miljö, bristen av tilltalande VR-innehåll och problem med dess produktion är några av de viktigaste komponenterna som hindrar intresset för virtual reality och VR-videoplattformar att nå en stor publik. Dessa avgörande faktorer kan därefter påverka VR-användarnas upplevda njutning, användbarhet och användarvänlighet, vilket är väsentligt för spridningen av ny teknik. Uppsatsen presenterar diskussionen om flaskhalsar och potentiella tillväxtpunkter som kan bli drivkrafter för vidareutveckling av plattformar som erbjuder VR-video och deras antagande av en bredare allmänhet.
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Olson, Danielle Marie. "Exploring the role of racial and ethnic socialization in virtual reality (VR) narratives." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121658.
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This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2019
Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-190).
Race and ethnicity impact a number of experiences in the physical world, most of which are seldom modeled in virtual worlds. Even when race and ethnicity are taken into account for the design and implementation of characters and avatars, they are often only thought of as graphical customizations (e.g., skin color). This approach to the virtual representation of race and ethnicity lacks the depth necessary to meaningfully engage players from a wide range of identity backgrounds in transformational virtual storytelling experiences. Towards the goal of improving approaches to virtual race and ethnicity representation, this thesis proposes a new computational model of racial and ethnic socialization (RES) for the design and implementation of interactive VR narrative games. The key contributions of this thesis include the development of interactive VR narrative game called Passage Home VR and the results and analysis of a user study evaluating this videogame system.
Central to Passage Home VR is an interactive narrative model steered by body language driven game mechanics and a novel embedded computational model of RES theory. The upshot is that this approach resulted in an engaging narrative system successfully conveying themes grounded in a social science model of how individuals cope with racial discrimination. The user study investigated how players interpreted the narrative experience and their strategies and decision-making using a body language driven interaction mechanism to respond to this racialized encounter.
In summary, this research investigates: (1) how players' racial and ethnic socialization (RES) influences in-game behavior and how they experience emotions, perceive characters, themes, and events in VR narratives, (2) how RES can be computationally modeled to support virtual race and ethnicity representation, compelling interactive narrative storytelling, and potentially to social scientific research, and (3) how body language can be used to inform the design of interaction mechanics in interactive VR narratives simulating social phenomena.
by Danielle Marie Olson.
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S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Astner, Thomas. "Forest thinning in VR : A VR application with the theme of forest thinning." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för informationssystem och -teknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-34064.
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The purpose with this project was to create a virtual reality game were the users should be able to carry out a thinning. The main goals are to use real forests terrains as terrain models in the game, the GameObjects and the teleportation system in the application should be able to handle changing terrains and the application should not cause virtual reality sickness. The application has been developed with the help of the game engine Unity and plugins from Unitys own asset store. User tests and measurements will be carried out in order to evaluate if the game causes virtual reality sickness or not. The results shows that it is possible to use real forests terrains and that the solution is suited for this application. The downside is that in order to use real life terrains several steps has to be taken and that the terrain object has to be designed manually. It also shows that the GameObjects and the Teleportation system has been implemented in a way so they can handle changing terrains. Furthermore it shows that some of the functionalities of the application could be improved, especially the scoring system. The users tests and the measurements showed that the application isn't causing virtual reality sickness but it also showed that the users feels like there are things missing in the application
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Lindhoff, Mattias. "Är tiden inne för virtual reality i hemmet? - En experimentell studie av virtual reality med 3D och head tracking." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20372.
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Genom åren har intresset för och satsningar på underhållning i tredimensionellt format (3D) gått i vågor. Idag har de flesta biografer stöd för att visa 3D-filmer. Utöver detta intresse har det på senare år även börjat komma mer teknik för 3D i hemmet. Det har också introducerats många nya mer immersiva och intuitiva inmatnings-enheter som bidrar till under-hållning med element av virtual reality hemma. Företagen Sony, Nintendo och Microsoft har alla lanserat olika typer av avancerade tekniker för sådana inmatnings-enheter till sina spel-system. Dessa tekniker bidrar på olika sätt till mer immersiv underhållning. På de sätt som många av teknikerna används idag blir däremot interaktionen fortfarande hämmad av att dessa kräver att man står, respektive tittar, i en viss riktning.Rapporten återger en experimentell studie som tar sikte på att undersöka om det är möjligt att med kommersiellt tillgänliga medel skapa immersiv virtual reality som är portabel och buren – för underhållning i hemmet. Inledningsvis redogörs kortfattat för människans upp-fattning av djup samt hur olika 3D-displayer fungerar. Härefter kommer vi in på virtual reality och betydelsen av en hög nivå av immersion i detta sammanhang. Beträffande virtual reality kommer däremot utgångspunkten vara mer teoretisk, för att ge en bild av åt vilket håll utvecklingen går. Denna del går därmed längre än vad experimentet omfattar, eftersom denna teori inte ännu fullt ut omsatts i praktiken. Hypotesen för experimentet är att tekniken ”head tracking”, i form av en huvudburen rörelsedetektor som känner av huvudets orientering, till viss del kan vara en lösning på problemet med immersion – eftersom jag som användare då inte är hänvisad till en viss plats. Slutligen analyseras såväl teori som experiment och man kommer fram till att VRD är en möjlig lovande framtida teknik. Hypotesen bekräftas till viss del och rapporten mynnar ut i en slutreflektion där det konstateras att teknik för att skapa ökad immersion och VR hemma finns tillgänglig – även om en del ytterligare arbete för datahantering skulle krävas för att optimera denna.Through the years, interest in and focus on entertainment in three dimensional form (3D) has gone in waves. Today, most cinemas have support for showing 3D-movies. In addition to this interest, an increasing amount of technology for 3D at home has become available in recent years. A number of different new, more immersive and intuitive input devices with elements of virtual reality for home use, have also been introduced. The companies Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft have all launched various types of such advanced input technology for their game consoles. These techniques contribute in various ways to more immersive entertain-ment. In the way many of these technical solutions are used today, they are still limited by the requirement of standing and looking in a specific direction. The report reflects an experimental study that aims to explore the feasibility of using commercially obtainable material to create immersive virtual reality for home entertainment, which is portable and wearable. Initially it explains the basics of human depth perception, and how different 3D displays work. Hereafter, we will look at virtual reality and the im-portance of a high level of immersion in this context. In regards to virtual reality however, the starting point will be of a more theoretical nature, to give an idea of in which direction the development is heading. This part thereby goes further than what the experiment covers, because of this theory not yet beeing fully applied in practice. The hypothesis for the experiment is that the technology "head tracking", in the form of a head-mounted motion-sensor that detects the orientation of the head, in part, may be a solution to the problem of immersion – as the user isn’t dependant on a specific location.Finally an analysis of both theory and experiment is made in which it is concluded that VRD might be a promissing future technology. The hypothesis is partially confirmed and the report culminates in a final reflection where it is found that technology for creating a higher level of immersion and VR at home is available – even though some additional work with data handling would be required.
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Forsling, Tobias. "Affordances i en VR-spelmiljö : Hur stilisering påverkar förståelsen för interagerbara objekt i spelgrafik." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13669.
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Inom produktion av grafik för spel förekommer regelbundet problem med att definiera graden av stilisering. Utifrån tidigare studier om hur spelare vägleds genom spelmiljöer med hjälp av färgskillnader och kontraster skapades i denna VR-studie hypotes om att spelare enklare förstår interaktioner med objekt som är mer realistiska och detaljerade i sina material och texturer då dessa objekt innehåller mer kontraster även kallade mikrokontraster, än ett stiliserat objekt. Detta trots att syftet med stilisering är att rikta åskådarens fokus till ett specifikt objekt eller område i en scen. Arbetet har genomförts genom att ett ramverk för att etablera nivåer av stilisering sammanställdes. Sedan skapades en artefakt i form av ett mindre VR-spel i syfte att testa frågeställningen. Denna bana gjordes i två versioner, en texturerades med mer detaljrika texturer och en texturerades med mer stiliserade texturer. Detta för att ge de två versionerna två olika nivåer av stilisering i dess materialåtergivning. Genom deltagande observation med interaktionsanalys och kvalitativa intervjuer samlades data in för vidare analys av spelares interaktion med spelvärlden och dess objekt. Det visades i den här studien att olika nivåer av stilisering i objekts texturer inte påverkade spelarens interaktion i VR-spelvärlden. Studien visade även att spelare behöver feedback på sina handlingar. Utan feedback uppfattar de inte att deras handling påverkat något. Spelare uppfattar inte heller objekt som olika enheter. Ser två objekt likadana ut förväntar sig VR-spelaren att de ska ha samma funktion och blir förvånade om detta inte är fallet. Spelare har även visat ett beteende av att själva hitta måltavlor i spelvärlden om inga tydliga mål presenteras för spelaren.
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Chatterjee, Prateek. "Classic Driver VR." Digital WPI, 2018. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1251.
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A VR car-driving simulator for evaluating the user experience of new drivers by helping them to learn driving rules and regulations.
The Classic VR Driver helps new drivers to learn driving rules and regulations using various audio and visual feedback. The simulator helps them to get acquainted with the risks and mistakes associated with real life driving. In addition, the users have to play the game in an immersive environment using a Virtual Reality system.
This project attempts to fulfill two important goals. The major goal is to evaluate whether the user can learn driving rules and regulations of the road. The game allows the users to take a road test. The road test determines the type of mistakes the user makes and it also determines if they passed or failed in it. I have conducted A/B testing and let the testers participate in user-interviews and user-survey. The testing procedure allowed me to analyze the effectiveness of learning driving rules from the simulator as compared to learning rules from the RMV (Registry of Motor Vehicles) manual.
Secondly, the user experience was evaluated by allowing users to participate in user-interviews and user-surveys. It helped me to understand the positives and drawbacks of the game. These feedback are taken into consideration for future improvement.
All these factors were considered to make the game as enjoyable and useful in terms of skill training.
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Bergvik, David. "Designing experiences for virtual reality, in virtual reality : A design process evaluation." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138062.
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Creating immersive experiences for virtual reality (VR) presents new design opportunities and challenges that do not appear when creating experiences on a screen. Creating prototypes and exploring concepts in VR is today limited to professionals with previous knowledge in 3D application development, and testing 3D experiences requires the usage of an Head-Mounted Display (HMD), which forces professionals to switch medium from the computer to an HMD. With new advances in this field, there have to be new solutions to these challenges. The goal of this thesis is to explore how VR technology can be utilized in the experience design process for VR. This is achieved through a literature study and conducting expert interviews, followed by a hardware evaluation of different HMDs and concept creation using rapid prototyping. From the interviews, a number of issues could be identified that correlates with the research from the literature study. Based on these findings, two phases were identified as suitable for further improvements; Concept prototyping and testing/tweaking of a created experience. Lo-fi and hi-fi prototypes of a virtual design tool were developed for HTC Vive and Google Daydream, which were selected based on the hardware evaluation. The prototypes are designed and developed, then tested using a Wizard of Oz approach. The purpose of the prototypes is to solve some of the issues when designing immersive experiences for HMDs in the suitable experience design phases that were identified by analyzing the interview results. An interactive testing suite for HTC Vive was developed for testing and evaluation of the final prototype, to verify the validity of the concept. Using Virtual Reality as a medium for designing virtual experiences is a promising way of solving current issues within this technological field that are identified in this thesis. Tools for object creation and manipulation will aid professionals when exploring new concepts as well as editing and testing existing immersive experiences. Furthermore, using a Wizard of Oz approach to test VR prototypes significantly improves the prototype quality without compromising the user experience in this medium.
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Enros, Max. "Development of an Interactive VR Experience for an Art Museum." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79463.
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In this project, a prototype for a virtual reality museum experience was developed. The virtual environment contains paintings and birds that the user can interact with to display information. A text panel or an image is displayed next to the object the user interacted with. The text or image displayed contains information about the object. A narration of the information can be played for some of the images and text panels. This enhances the experience of the museum compared to looking at an object in the real world. The virtual reality experience allows the museum to be more interactive and fun for the visitors. A few user tests were performed to test the usability of the experience. The tests found a few usability problems that have to be fixed before this experience could be part of a real museum.I detta projekt utvecklades en prototyp för ett virtual reality museum. Den virtuella miljön innehåller tavlor och fåglar som användaren kan interagera med för att visa information. En textpanel eller en bild visas bredvid objektet som användaren interagerade med. Texten eller bilden som visas innehåller information om objektet. En inspelning av informationen kan spelas upp för några av bilderna och textpanelerna. Detta förbättrar museets upplevelse jämfört med att titta på ett objekt i den verkliga världen. Virtual reality-upplevelsen gör att museet kan vara mer interaktivt och roligt för besökarna. Några användartester genomfördes för att testa upplevelsens användbarhet. Testerna hittade några användbarhetsproblem som måste åtgärdas innan denna upplevelse kan vara en del av ett verkligt museum.
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Gustafsson, Pontus, and Tobias Karlsson. "Ökat medborgardeltagande : En experimentell studie med hjälp av Virtual Reality." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Samhällsbyggnad, GIS, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24558.
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Många av Sveriges kommuner har idag svårt att få deltagare till medborgardialoger som angår nya planprojekt. Det är av stor vikt att dialogerna mellan kommuner och medborgare fungerar på ett bra sätt eftersom en bristfällig dialog kan leda till svårigheter i demokratin. För att kunna stärka demokratin och locka fler medborgare till dialogerna, framförallt yngre, finns olika verktyg som kommuner kan använda för att att illustrera de olika planförslagen. I denna studie undersöks frågor om virtuell verklighetsteknik (VR) är ett verktyg som skulle kunna locka fler till medborgardialoger samt om VR ökar förståelsen för kommunens olika illustrationer. VR är en tredimensionell visualisering med speciella skärmar och rörelse utrustning. Virtuella verklighetsillustrationer presenteras med en huvudmonterad display där du blir placerad i en miljö och kan röra dig fritt. För att studera dessa frågor utfördes ett experiment där deltagarna fick titta på två områden från en illustrationsplan, 3D-visualisering, samt använda VR. Deltagarna fick på en enkät ringa in upp till två svar för hur de upplevde området. För att enkelt tolka resultatet i denna studie användes värderosor. Med hjälp av dessa framkom resultatet att VR förbättrar förståelsen för illustrationsplaner och 3D-visualiseringar. Experimentet gav även svar på att VR kan locka personer till att medverka i medborgardialoger. Studien visade att VR bör användas som ett komplement till kommunens illustrationer för att fler medborgare ska lockas till medborgardialoger. Genom att jämföra resultatet går det tydligt att se stora skillnader på hur personer uppfattar de olika illustrationsverktygen. Den ökade förståelsen ger möjlighet för fler att lämna synpunkter till planprojekt.Many of Sweden's municipalities have a hard time attracting participants to public consultation events about new planning projects. Good communication between municipalities and citizens is vital because to the planning process and a well functioning democracy. In order to strengthen democracy and attract more citizens to planning consultations, especially younger people, municipalities can use a variety of different illustrations and presentation tools. This study examined whether virtual reality (VR) is a useful tool for attracting the public and if VR increases the publics understanding of planning proposals. In order to examine these questions an experiment was conducted where participants looked at two different areas on an illustration map using 3D-visualizations and VR. The participants then answered two questions about how they experienced the environment. A radar chart was used to to interpret the results. The results indicate that VR enhanced the understanding of Illustration maps and 3D-visualizations. The experiment also suggests that VR can attract more people to public consultations. The study also showed that VR could be used as a complement to conventional illustrations and to enhance the public´s understanding of and opportunities to contribute opinions about planning projects.
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Swart, Andrea Nicole. "Fairy Tales Reimagined in VR." Ohio University Honors Tutorial College / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1534513157316142.
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