%0 Conference Paper %1 LugrinHolopark2019 %A Lugrin, Jean-Luc %A Kern, Florian %A Kleinbeck, Constantin %A Roth, Daniel %A Daxery, Christian %A Feigl, Tobias %A Mutschler, Christopher %A Latoschik, Marc Erich %B Proceedings of the GI VR/AR - Workshop %D 2019 %I Shaker Verlag %K holopark myown %R http://dx.doi.org/10.2370/9783844068870 %T A Framework for Location-Based VR Applications %U http://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2019-gi-vr-ar-framework-for-location-based-vr-applications.pdf %X This paper presents a framework to develop and investigate location-based Virtual Reality (VR) applications. We demonstrate our framework by introducing a novel type of VR museum, designed to support a large number of simultaneous co-located users. These visitors are walking in a hangar-scale tracking zone (600 m2), while sharing a ten times bigger virtual space (7000 m2). Co-located VR applications like this one are opening novel VR perspectives. However, sharing a limitless virtual world using a large, but limited, tracking space is also raising numerous challenges: from financial considerations and technical implementation to interactions and evaluations (e.g., user’s representation, navigation, health & safety, monitoring). How to design, develop and evaluate such a VR system is still an open question. Here, we describe a fully implemented framework with its specific features and performance optimizations. We also illustrate our framework’s viability with a first VR application and discuss its potential benefits for education and future evaluation. %@ 978-3-8440-6887-0

@inproceedings{LugrinHolopark2019, abstract = {This paper presents a framework to develop and investigate location-based Virtual Reality (VR) applications. We demonstrate our framework by introducing a novel type of VR museum, designed to support a large number of simultaneous co-located users. These visitors are walking in a hangar-scale tracking zone (600 m2), while sharing a ten times bigger virtual space (7000 m2). Co-located VR applications like this one are opening novel VR perspectives. However, sharing a limitless virtual world using a large, but limited, tracking space is also raising numerous challenges: from financial considerations and technical implementation to interactions and evaluations (e.g., user’s representation, navigation, health & safety, monitoring). How to design, develop and evaluate such a VR system is still an open question. Here, we describe a fully implemented framework with its specific features and performance optimizations. We also illustrate our framework’s viability with a first VR application and discuss its potential benefits for education and future evaluation.}, added-at = {2019-07-25T17:29:10.000+0200}, author = {Lugrin, Jean-Luc and Kern, Florian and Kleinbeck, Constantin and Roth, Daniel and Daxery, Christian and Feigl, Tobias and Mutschler, Christopher and Latoschik, Marc Erich}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2984ed4e8a1b6bf30b9f04b9e4073f561/hci-uwb}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI VR/AR - Workshop}, date-added = {2019-07-25 17:23:46 +0200}, date-modified = {2019-07-25 17:28:28 +0200}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2370/9783844068870}, interhash = {b9eff2a447bcf2225f4880caa006b004}, intrahash = {984ed4e8a1b6bf30b9f04b9e4073f561}, isbn = {978-3-8440-6887-0}, keywords = {holopark myown}, publisher = {Shaker Verlag}, timestamp = {2024-05-06T17:22:37.000+0200}, title = {A Framework for Location-Based VR Applications}, url = {http://downloads.hci.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/2019-gi-vr-ar-framework-for-location-based-vr-applications.pdf}, year = 2019 }