A Study on New Virtual Reality System in Maze Terrain
Kisung Jeong, Jiwon Lee, Jinmo Kim · International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction · 2017
This study proposes the maze virtual reality (MVR) system, which is designed to provide new immersive virtual reality (VR) experiences by generating a maze and an event-based maze environment. The MVR system consists of a maze generation technique based on mazemap, which we additionally propose for the automatic generation of diverse maze patterns, event-enhancing immersion, reducing VR sickness, and interactions. First, we present a finite algorithm that automatically generates diverse maze patterns from the user perspective and implements mazemap for automated three-dimensional (3D) terrain generation from a 2D maze pattern. Then, we present optimized events for the maze environment by providing users with deeper immersion and minimized VR sickness. The design procedure is divided into two elements: an automatic structure for arranging predefined events based on maze pattern analysis and a manual operation module. In addition, a Leap Motion-based interactive scheme is implemented for deeper immersion when the user moves in a limited space, while improving object control. Finally, experiments were conducted to analyze user satisfaction with the MVR system, the psychological impact of the continuous mazemap input, and the effects of the event-based environment on immersion enhancement and VR sickness reduction.