Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift

C. Davies; A. Miller; R. Fawcett

doi:10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413887

Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift

C. Davies, A. Miller, R. Fawcett

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This paper reports experience in developing a parallel reality system which allows its user to observe and move around their real environment whilst wearing a stereoscopic 3D head mounted display imbued with video-see through capabilities, with their position and gaze tracked by an indoor positioning system and head tracker, allowing them to alternately view their real environment and an immersive virtual reality environment from the equivalent vantage point. In so doing the challenge of the vacancy problem is addressed by lightening the cognitive load needed to switch between realities and to navigate the virtual environment. Evaluation of the usability, system performance and value of the system are undertaken in the context of a cultural heritage application; users are able to compare a reconstruction of an important 15th century chapel with its present day instantiation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress
Subtitle of host publication	Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction
Editors	Gabriele Guidi, Juan Carlos Torres, Roberto Scopigno, Holger Graf, Fabio Remondino, Pere Brunet, Juan Barceló, Luciana Duranti, Susan Hazan
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	301-304
Number of pages	4
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509000487
ISBN (Print)	9781509002542
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413887
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2015
Event	2015 Digital Heritage - Granada, Spain Duration: 28 Sept 2015 → 2 Oct 2015

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Conference	2015 Digital Heritage
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Granada
Period	28/09/15 → 2/10/15

Keywords

Cognition
Gaze tracking
Helmet mounted displays
History
Indoor navigation
mobile computing
parallel processing
stereo image processing
virtual reality
Oculus rift
cognitive load
cultural heritage application
equivalent vantage point
head tracker
immersive virtual reality environment
indoor positioning system
mobile onsite exploration
parallel reality system
stereoscopic 3D head mounted display
video-see through capabilities
Buildings
Cameras
Servers
Switches
Virtual environments
Visual databases
Visualization
Cross reality
immersive interaction
parallel reality

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Davies, C., Miller, A., & Fawcett, R. (2015). Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift. In G. Guidi, J. C. Torres, R. Scopigno, H. Graf, F. Remondino, P. Brunet, J. Barceló, L. Duranti, & S. Hazan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress: Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction (Vol. 1, pp. 301-304). Article 7413887 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413887

Davies, C. ; Miller, A. ; Fawcett, R. / Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift. Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress: Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction. editor / Gabriele Guidi ; Juan Carlos Torres ; Roberto Scopigno ; Holger Graf ; Fabio Remondino ; Pere Brunet ; Juan Barceló ; Luciana Duranti ; Susan Hazan. Vol. 1 IEEE, 2015. pp. 301-304

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Davies, C, Miller, A & Fawcett, R 2015, Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift. in G Guidi, JC Torres, R Scopigno, H Graf, F Remondino, P Brunet, J Barceló, L Duranti & S Hazan (eds), Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress: Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction. vol. 1, 7413887, IEEE, pp. 301-304, 2015 Digital Heritage, Granada, Spain, 28/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413887

Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift. / Davies, C.; Miller, A.; Fawcett, R.
Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress: Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction. ed. / Gabriele Guidi; Juan Carlos Torres; Roberto Scopigno; Holger Graf; Fabio Remondino; Pere Brunet; Juan Barceló; Luciana Duranti; Susan Hazan. Vol. 1 IEEE, 2015. p. 301-304 7413887.

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Davies C, Miller A, Fawcett R. Mobile onsite exploration of parallel realities with Oculus Rift. In Guidi G, Torres JC, Scopigno R, Graf H, Remondino F, Brunet P, Barceló J, Duranti L, Hazan S, editors, Proceedings of the 2015 Digital Heritage International Congress: Digitization & Acquisition, Computer Graphics & Interaction. Vol. 1. IEEE. 2015. p. 301-304. 7413887 doi: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413887

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