Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments

Tanh Quang Tran; Hyun Ju Shin; Wolfgang Stuerzlinger; Jung Hyun Han

doi:10.1145/3139131.3139149

Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments

Tanh Quang Tran, Hyun Ju Shin, Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Jung Hyun Han

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Abstract

Many techniques for visualization and interaction that potentially increase user performance have been studied in the growing field of virtual reality. However, the effects of virtual-arm representations on users' performance and perception in selection tasks have not been studied before. This paper presents the results of a user study of three different representations of the virtual arm: “hand only,” “hand+forearm,” and “whole arm” which includes the upper arm. In addition to the representations' effects on performance and perception in selection tasks, we investigate how the users' performance changes depending on whether collisions with objects are allowed or not. The relationship between the virtual-arm representations and the senses of agency and ownership are also explored. Overall, we found that the “whole arm” condition performed worst.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - VRST 2017
Subtitle of host publication	23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Editors	Stephen N. Spencer
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450355483
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3139131.3139149
Publication status	Published - 2017 Nov 8
Event	23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2017 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 2017 Nov 8 → 2017 Nov 10

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Name	Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
Volume	Part F131944

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Other	23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2017
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	17/11/8 → 17/11/10

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Keywords

3D interaction
Natural hand interaction
Selection performance
Virtual arm
Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software

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Tran, T. Q., Shin, H. J., Stuerzlinger, W., & Han, J. H. (2017). Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments. In S. N. Spencer (Ed.), Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Article a40 (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST; Vol. Part F131944). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3139131.3139149

Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments. / Tran, Tanh Quang; Shin, Hyun Ju; Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang et al.
Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. ed. / Stephen N. Spencer. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. a40 (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST; Vol. Part F131944).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tran, TQ, Shin, HJ, Stuerzlinger, W & Han, JH 2017, Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments. in SN Spencer (ed.), Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology., a40, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST, vol. Part F131944, Association for Computing Machinery, 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden, 17/11/8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3139131.3139149

Tran TQ, Shin HJ, Stuerzlinger W, Han JH. Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments. In Spencer SN, editor, Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. a40. (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST). doi: 10.1145/3139131.3139149

Tran, Tanh Quang ; Shin, Hyun Ju ; Stuerzlinger, Wolfgang et al. / Effects of virtual arm representations on interaction in virtual environments. Proceedings - VRST 2017: 23rd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology. editor / Stephen N. Spencer. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. (Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST).

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