What we did:We designed and implemented three intention communication methods for multi-user locomotion in Virtual Reality, comparing them with two baseline methods in a controlled experiment.
What we found:We found that shared visualizations significantly enhance understanding of movement intentions among users, leading to a stronger sense of group connectedness while preserving individual freedom of movement.
Takeaway:Our work contributes valuable insights for improving social interactions in Virtual Reality settings, suggesting that shared visualizations facilitate more collaborative navigation experiences.
Abstract
Exploring virtual worlds together with others adds a social component to the Virtual Reality (VR) experience that increases connectedness. In the physical world, joint locomotion comes naturally through implicit intention communication and subsequent adjustments of the movement patterns. In VR, however, discrete locomotion techniques such as point&teleport come without prior intention communication, hampering the collective experience. Related work proposes fixed groups, with a single person controlling the group movement, resulting in the loss of individual movement capabilities. To close the gap and mediate between these two extremes, we introduce three intention communication methods and explore them with two baseline methods. We contribute the results of a controlled experiment (n=20) investigating these methods from the perspective of a leader and a follower in a dyadic locomotion task. Our results suggest shared visualizations support the understanding of movement intentions, increasing the group feeling while maintaining individual freedom of movement.
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