Virtual reality users wearing head-mounted displays can experience the illusion of walking
in any direction for infinite distance while, in reality, they are walking a curvilinear path in …

Real walking techniques can provide the user with a more natural, highly immersive walking
experience compared to the experience of other locomotion techniques. In contrast to the …

Virtual reality (VR) has enjoyed significant popularity in recent years. Where navigation has
been a fundamental appeal of 3D applications for decades, facilitating this in VR has been …

Various viewing and travel techniques are used in immersive virtual reality to allow users to
see different areas or perspectives of 3D environments. Our research evaluates techniques …

In immersive virtual environments (IVEs), users can control their virtual viewpoint by moving
their tracked head and walking through the real world. Usually, movements in the real world …

Virtual Reality (VR) has been constantly evolving since its early days, and is now a
fundamental technology in different application areas. User evaluation is a crucial step in the …

Walking is only possible within immersive virtual environments that fit inside the boundaries
of the user's physical workspace. To reduce the severity of the restrictions imposed by …

Introduction Spatial navigation, which involves higher cognitive functions, is frequently
implemented in daily activities, and is critical to the participation of human beings in …

We present change blindness redirection, a novel technique for allowing the user to walk
through an immersive virtual environment that is considerably larger than the available …

Virtual Environments presented through head-mounted displays (HMDs) are often explored
on foot. Exploration on foot is useful since the afferent and efferent cues of physical …