COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
A Habitual Hand Gesture for Walking in a Virtual Environment
Creator:
Ahmadi, Amir
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Interactive Design and Game Development
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Interactive Design and Game Development
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"With the advancement of technology, reliable hand gestures are becoming a reality in consumer Head-mounted displays (HMD). HMDs like Meta Quest 2 enable millions of users to access hand gestures without needing any external device like leap motion. Though software and hardware for hand gestures are improving rapidly, gesture design has not gone far, even for simple everyday tasks such as locomotion. Moving from one point to another is a critical element of most HMD experiences, such as gaming, training, education experiences, etc. Physical controllers have been the primary locomotion input method for users in Virtual Environments (VE). However, like any other device, Physical controllers have limitations, such as limited battery life, unnatural feeling, fixed size for all types of hands, unchangeable buttons, and so on. A hand gesture-based locomotion system can solve some of the problems. There have been many attempts to create a hand gesture for locomotion in VE since decades ago. However, none of the methods have been used widely, mainly due to causing fatigue or being hard to memorize for users. This thesis hypothesizes a principle for designers based on human attention networks to design locomotion hand gestures in a VE that is easy to memorize, does not cause fatigue, and feels natural." --Abstract
Keywords: virtual environment, head-mounted displays, hand gestures, locomotion, automatic, switch cost, reaction time, Virtual Reality
Keywords: virtual environment, head-mounted displays, hand gestures, locomotion, automatic, switch cost, reaction time, Virtual Reality
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2022-11
Format:
2 online resources: 1 PDF (Thesis, 33 pages, color illustrations) + 1 mp4 film (Studio component, approximately 3 min., color)