ViBaR: VR Platform Using Kinesthetic Illusions to Enhance Movement Experience

PubDate: August 2020

Teams: The University of Electro-Communications

Writers: Keigo Ushiyama；Satoshi Tanaka；Masahiro Miyakami；Hiroyuki Kajimoto

PDF: ViBaR: VR Platform Using Kinesthetic Illusions to Enhance Movement Experience

Abstract

We propose a virtual reality (VR) experience platform based on kinesthetic illusions. While presenting sensation of movement is important for enhancing immersion and presence in VR experience, large devices and complicated systems are typically required. We found the kinesthetic illusion could create the motion of a bar that we hold, and the whole-body movement illusion was also induced with the illusion of the bar. We implemented a VR experience platform using these phenomena, which does not require physical movement. This platform is suitable for home use since it does not require large-scale and complicated devices, and it can provide an experience without body restrictions.