A survey on remote assistance and training in mixed reality environments

CG Fidalgo, Y Yan, H Cho, M Sousa… - … on Visualization and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recent pandemic, war, and oil crises have caused many to reconsider their need to
travel for education, training, and meetings. Providing assistance and training remotely has …

Augmenting the feel of real objects: An analysis of haptic augmented reality

A Bhatia, K Hornbæk, H Seifi - International Journal of Human-Computer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Advances in haptic technologies can alter how real objects feel to our touch and create the
experience of haptic augmented reality (AR). However, the definition, use cases, and value …

Going incognito in the metaverse

V Nair, GM Garrido, D Song - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.05604, 2022 - arxiv.org
Virtual reality (VR) telepresence applications and the so-called" metaverse" promise to be
the next major medium of interaction with the internet. However, with numerous recent …

Sensorimotor Simulation of Redirected Reaching using Stochastic Optimal Feedback Control

EJ Gonzalez, S Follmer - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Illusory VR interaction techniques such as hand redirection work because humans use
vision to adjust their motor commands during movement (eg, reaching). Existing simulations …

Fingermapper: Mapping finger motions onto virtual arms to enable safe virtual reality interaction in confined spaces

WJ Tseng, S Huron, E Lecolinet… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Whole-body movements enhance the presence and enjoyment of Virtual Reality (VR)
experiences. However, using large gestures is often uncomfortable and impossible in …

Rowing Beyond: Investigating Steering Methods for Rowing-based Locomotion in Virtual Environments

M Hedlund, C Bogdan, G Meixner… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Rowing has great potential in Virtual Reality (VR) exergames as it requires physical effort
and uses physical motion to map the locomotion in a virtual space. However, rowing in VR is …

To mimic reality or to go beyond?“Superpowers” in virtual reality, the experience of augmentation and its consequences

R Neuhaus, R Ringfort-Felner, S Sadeghian… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Virtual reality (VR) offers the outstanding possibility to virtually extend human capabilities
beyond reality (eg, telekinesis). Previous work (Sadeghian and Hassenzahl, 2021) has …

Magic: Manipulating avatars and gestures to improve remote collaboration

CG Fidalgo, M Sousa, D Mendes… - … Virtual Reality and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote collaborative work has become pervasive in many settings, ranging from
engineering to medical professions. Users are im-mersed in virtual environments and …

Effect of Hanger Reflex on detection thresholds for hand redirection during forearm rotation

K Tanaka, T Nakamura, K Matsumoto… - ACM Symposium on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Hand redirection is a technique used in virtual reality (VR) to alter the virtual hand position
from the real hand position, enabling extended interaction in VR. This technique capitalizes …

Swarm manipulation in virtual reality

X Li, JD Wang, JJ Dudley, PO Kristensson - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The theory of swarm control shows promise for controlling multiple objects, however, its
scalability is limited by costs, such as hardware and infrastructure needs. Virtual Reality (VR) …