Human Walking in Virtual Environments

1. Front Matter

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2. Perception

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. Perception

   1. Sensory Contributions to Spatial Knowledge of Real and Virtual Environments

      • David Waller, Eric Hodgson

      Pages 3-26

   2. Perceptual and Cognitive Factors for Self-Motion Simulation in Virtual Environments: How Can Self-Motion Illusions (“Vection”) Be Utilized?

      • Bernhard E. Riecke, Jörg Schulte-Pelkum

      Pages 27-54

   3. Biomechanics of Walking in Real World: Naturalness we Wish to Reach in Virtual Reality

      • Franck Multon, Anne-Hélène Olivier

      Pages 55-77

   4. Affordance Perception and the Visual Control of Locomotion

      • Brett R. Fajen

      Pages 79-98

   5. The Effect of Translational and Rotational Body-Based Information on Navigation

      • Roy A. Ruddle

      Pages 99-112

   6. Enabling Unconstrained Omnidirectional Walking Through Virtual Environments: An Overview of the CyberWalk Project

      • Ilja Frissen, Jennifer L. Campos, Manish Sreenivasa, Marc O. Ernst

      Pages 113-144

4. Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Displays and Interaction for Virtual Travel

      • Anthony Steed, Doug A. Bowman

      Pages 147-175

   3. Sensing Human Walking: Algorithms and Techniques for Extracting and Modeling Locomotion

      • Franck Multon

      Pages 177-197

   4. Locomotion Interfaces

      • Hiroo Iwata

      Pages 199-219

   5. Implementing Walking in Virtual Environments

      • Gerd Bruder, Frank Steinicke

      Pages 221-240

   6. Stepping-Driven Locomotion Interfaces

      • Mary C. Whitton, Tabitha C. Peck

      Pages 241-262

   7. Multimodal Rendering of Walking Over Virtual Grounds

      • Maud Marchal, Gabriel Cirio, Yon Visell, Federico Fontana, Stefania Serafin, Jeremy Cooperstock et al.

      Pages 263-295

5. Part III

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297

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   2. Displacements in Virtual Reality for Sports Performance Analysis

      • Richard Kulpa, Benoit Bideau, Sébastien Brault

      Pages 299-318

   3. Redirected Walking in Mixed Reality Training Applications

      • Evan A. Suma, David M. Krum, Mark Bolas

      Pages 319-331

   4. VR-Based Assessment and Rehabilitation of Functional Mobility

      • Adam W. Kiefer, Christopher K. Rhea, William H. Warren

      Pages 333-350

   5. Full Body Locomotion with Video Game Motion Controllers

      • Brian Williamson, Chadwick Wingrave, Joseph J. LaViola Jr.

      Pages 351-376

This book presents a survey of past and recent developments on human walking in virtual environments with an emphasis on human self-motion perception, the multisensory nature of experiences of walking, conceptual design approaches, current technologies, and applications. The use of Virtual Reality and movement simulation systems is becoming increasingly popular and more accessible to a wide variety of research fields and applications. While, in the past, simulation technologies have focused on developing realistic, interactive visual environments, it is becoming increasingly obvious that our everyday interactions are highly multisensory. Therefore, investigators are beginning to understand the critical importance of developing and validating locomotor interfaces that can allow for realistic, natural behaviours. The book aims to present an overview of what is currently understood about human perception and performance when moving in virtual environments and to situate it relative to the broader scientific and engineering literature on human locomotion and locomotion interfaces. The contents include scientific background and recent empirical findings related to biomechanics, self-motion perception, and physical interactions. The book also discusses conceptual approaches to multimodal sensing, display systems, and interaction for walking in real and virtual environments. Finally, it will present current and emerging applications in areas such as gait and posture rehabilitation, gaming, sports, and architectural design.

• Haptic Perception
• Human locomotion
• Multimodal interface
• Tacticle Sensing
• augmented reality
• human-computer interaction
• multisensory integration
• self-motion perception
• virtual reality

• University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

  Frank Steinicke

• Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA

  Yon Visell

• University of Toronto,  Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Univ, Toronto, Canada

  Jennifer Campos

• Computer Science and Control (INRIA), National Institute for Research in, Rennes Cedex, France

  Anatole Lécuyer

Frank Steinicke is a professor of computer science in media at the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Human-Computer-Media at the University of Würzburg. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Munster.

Yon Visell is assistant professor at Drexel University in Philadelphia, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research concerns engineering and scientific aspects of haptic and multisensory interaction in virtual and augmented reality environments.

Dr. Campos is a Scientist at Toronto Rehab where her research focus is on multisensory integration, perception-action coupling and visuomotor control.

Anatole Lécuyer is a senior researcher at Inria in Rennes, France. His research concerns Virtual Reality, 3D User Interfaces, Haptic Feedback and Brain-Computer Interfaces.

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