Establishing the Range of Perceptually Natural Visual Walking Speeds for Virtual Walking-In-Place Locomotion

• Published in: IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 569 - 578
• Main Authors: Nilsson, Niels Christian, Serafin, Stefania, Nordahl, Rolf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.04.2014; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Adaptive optics; Adult; Aged; Computer Graphics; Equations; Female; Gait - physiology; Guidelines; Humans; Legged locomotion; Locomotion; Male; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Middle Aged; Motion Perception - physiology; Movement; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Physical Exertion - physiology; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Task Performance and Analysis; Tracking; Treadmills; User-Computer Interface; Virtual reality; locomotion; speed perception; perceived naturalness; Visual; Visualization; Walking; Walking - physiology; Young Adult

Walking-In-Place (WIP) techniques make it possible to facilitate relatively natural locomotion within immersive virtual environments that are larger than the physical interaction space. However, in order to facilitate natural walking experiences one needs to know how to map steps in place to virtual...