Staging Location-Based Virtual Reality to Improve Immersive Experiences

Matthias Wölfel; Daniel Hepperle; Andreas Siess; Jonas Deuchler

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Staging Location-Based Virtual Reality to Improve Immersive Experiences

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.24-2-2020.163221,
    author={Matthias W\o{}lfel and Daniel Hepperle and Andreas Siess and Jonas Deuchler},
    title={Staging Location-Based Virtual Reality to Improve Immersive Experiences},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies},
    volume={6},
    number={21},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={CT},
    year={2019},
    month={10},
    keywords={virtual reality, exhibition, (semi-)public space, museum, staging, bystander, head-mounted display},
    doi={10.4108/eai.24-2-2020.163221}
}

Matthias Wölfel
Daniel Hepperle
Andreas Siess
Jonas Deuchler
Year: 2019
Staging Location-Based Virtual Reality to Improve Immersive Experiences
CT
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-2-2020.163221

Matthias Wölfel¹^,*, Daniel Hepperle¹, Andreas Siess¹, Jonas Deuchler¹

1: Faculty of Computer Science and Business Information Systems, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany

*Contact email: Matthias@wolfel.de

Abstract

Location-based virtual reality (LBVR) is promising to offer the full potential of virtual reality (VR) because it is not completely virtual, as in space independent VR, which usually relies on a head-worn display and hand-held controllers only. Therefore, LBVR can include and arrange the physical surrounding according to a particular application or include parameters, such as objects or light conditions, of the physical surrounding into the virtual environment. While LBVR is drawing a lot of attention in the creative industry and a lot of LBVR-installations are already entertaining millions of users, not much research has been employed in this direction. In this work, we offer an overview containing relevant challenges and accompanying solutions that need to be considered in an LBVR-installation.

Keywords: virtual reality, exhibition, (semi-)public space, museum, staging, bystander, head-mounted display

Received: 2019-10-18
Accepted: 2019-10-27
Published: 2019-10-28
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.24-2-2020.163221

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