Interaction Challenges in the Development of a Fire Warden VR Training System using a HMD

Helen V. Diez, Aitor Moreno, Alejandro Garcia-Alonso

2017

Abstract

This paper presents challenges encountered when interacting with 3D environments by means of Virtual Reality devices in a seated position. A use case has been devised and developed to support this work: a fire warden virtual training system. The users interact with the virtual environment with a combination of a Head- Mounted Display and other assisting devices to complement the virtual experience (keyboard, gamepad, leap motion). This work points out the benefits achieved using virtual reality in this environment and it exposes the limitations experimented by humans in such situations. With the knowledge gathered with these experiments this paper proposes interaction techniques to overcome them.

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in Harvard Style

Diez H., Moreno A. and Garcia-Alonso A. (2017). Interaction Challenges in the Development of a Fire Warden VR Training System using a HMD . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-229-5, pages 84-91. DOI: 10.5220/0006133400840091


in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp17,
author={Helen V. Diez and Aitor Moreno and Alejandro Garcia-Alonso},
title={Interaction Challenges in the Development of a Fire Warden VR Training System using a HMD},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={84-91},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006133400840091},
isbn={978-989-758-229-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - Interaction Challenges in the Development of a Fire Warden VR Training System using a HMD
SN - 978-989-758-229-5
AU - Diez H.
AU - Moreno A.
AU - Garcia-Alonso A.
PY - 2017
SP - 84
EP - 91
DO - 10.5220/0006133400840091