A Methodology for Generating Virtual Reality Immersion Metrics based on System Variables

• Matias Selzer ^[1] ; Silvia M. Castro ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional del Sur

     Universidad Nacional del Sur

     Argentina

     
• Localización: Journal of Computer Science and Technology, ISSN-e 1666-6038, Vol. 23, Nº. 2, 2023
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.24215/16666038.23.e08
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Metodología para la Generación de Métricas de Inmersión para Realidad Virtual basados en las Variables del Sistema
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  • español

    Los avances tecnológicos de los últimos años han impulsado el desarrollo de sistemas de realidad virtual que cuentan con una gran variedad de características de hardware y software, proporcionando diversos grados de inmersión. La inmersión es una propiedad objetiva del sistema de realidad virtual que depende tanto de las características de su hardware como de su software. Actualmente, los sistemas de realidad virtual están intentando mejorar la inmersión, tanto como sea posible. Sin embargo, no existe una métrica para medir el nivel de inmersión de un sistema de realidad virtual en función de sus características. Hasta la fecha, la influencia de las variables de hardware y software en la inmersión solo se ha considerado deforma individual o en pequeños grupos. Tampoco se ha analizado la forma en que estas variables del sistema afectan simultáneamente a la inmersión. En este artículo proponemos métricas de inmersión para sistemas de realidad virtual en función de sus variables de hardware y software, así como del proceso de desarrollo que condujo a su formulación. A partir del experimento realizado y los datos obtenidos, seguimos una metodología para generar modelos de inmersión basados en las variables del sistema. Las métricas de inmersión presentadas en este trabajo ofrecen una herramienta útil en el área de la realidad virtual y las tecnologías inmersivas, no solo para medir la inmersión de cualquier sistema de realidad virtual sino también para analizar la relación e importancia de las variables de estos sistemas.

  • English

    Technological advances in recent years have promoted the development of virtual reality systems that have a wide variety of hardware and software characteristics, providing varying degrees of immersion. Immersion is an objective property of the virtual reality system that depends on both its hardware and software characteristics. Virtual reality systems are currently attempting to improve immersion as much as possible. However, there is no metric to measure the level of immersion of a virtual reality system based on its characteristics. To date, the influence of these hardware and software variables on immersion has only been considered individually or in small groups. The way these system variables simultaneously affect immersion has not been analyzed either. In this paper, we propose immersion metrics for virtual reality systems based on their hardware and software variables, as well as the development process that led to their formulation. From the conducted experiment and the obtained data, we followed a methodology to generate immersion models based on the variables of the system. The immersion metrics presented in this work offer a useful tool in the area of virtual reality and immersive technologies, not only to measure the immersion of any virtual reality system but also to analyze the relationship and importance of the variables of these systems.

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