Effects of Walking Together in a Co-Located Virtual Reality Game

Bjørn Christian Winther; Mikkel Lynggaard Krarup; Patrick Nicolai Andersen; Ungyeol Lee; Niels Christian Nilsson

doi:10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00063

Effects of Walking Together in a Co-Located Virtual Reality Game

Bjørn Christian Winther, Mikkel Lynggaard Krarup, Patrick Nicolai Andersen, Ungyeol Lee, Niels Christian Nilsson^*

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This paper details a within-subjects study exploring how two lo-comotion techniques affect players' experiences while playing a co-located virtual reality (VR) game. The participants played a two-versus-two game, reminiscent of laser tag, in a 14m×14m arena, and they moved around in the arena either by physically walking or by using VR controller while standing. When walking, participants reported significantly higher social presence directed at their team-mates and significantly lower simulator sickness. Moreover, they found walking significantly more natural, they were significantly more likely to forget that they were using controllers, and they were significantly more concerned with keeping distance to other players.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW)
Number of pages	6
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2023
Pages	257-262
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-4840-8
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-4839-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00063
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2023 - Shanghai, China Duration: 25 Mar 2023 → 29 Mar 2023 Conference number: 30 https://ieeevr.org/2023/

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Conference	IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2023
Number	30
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	25/03/2023 → 29/03/2023
Internet address	https://ieeevr.org/2023/

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Human computer interaction (HCI)
Human-centered computing
Interaction paradigms
Virtual reality

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Winther, BC, Krarup, ML, Andersen, PN, Lee, U & Nilsson, NC 2023, Effects of Walking Together in a Co-Located Virtual Reality Game. in 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, pp. 257-262, IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces 2023, Shanghai, China, 25/03/2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW58643.2023.00063

Effects of Walking Together in a Co-Located Virtual Reality Game. / Winther, Bjørn Christian; Krarup, Mikkel Lynggaard; Andersen, Patrick Nicolai et al.
2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). IEEE, 2023. p. 257-262.

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