Unlimited Corridor

CREDITS

Unlimited Corridor Project Team (Representative: Keigo Matsumoto) Keigo Matsumoto / Takuji Narumi / Yohei Yanase / Yuki Ban

YEAR

2016

Do you want to walk around in virtual reality freely? The main contribution is to realize an efficient redirected walking (RDW) technique by utilizing haptic cues for strongly modifying our spatial perception. Some research has shown that users can be redirected on a circular arc with a radius of at least 22 m without being able to detect the inconsistency by showing a straight path in the virtual world. However, this is still too large to enable the presentation of a demonstration in a restricted space. Although most RDW techniques only use visual stimuli, we recognize space with multi-modalities. Therefore, we propose an RDW method using the visuo-haptic interaction, and develop the system, which displays a visual representation of a flat wall and users virtually walk straight along it, although, in reality, users walk along a convex surface wall with touching it. For the demonstration, we develop the algorithm, with which we can modify the amount of distortion dynamically to make a user walk straight infinitely and turn at a branch freely. With this system, multiple users can walk an endless corridor in a virtual environment at the same time.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Keigo Matsumoto, Yuki Ban, Takuji Narumi, Yohei Yanase, Tomohiro Tanikawa and Michitaka Hirose: Unlimited Corridor: Redirected Walking Techniques Using Visuo-Haptic Interaction, In SIGGRAPH 2016 Emerging Technologies, Jul. 2016. [doi]

AWARDS

  • Sep. 2016

    Innovative Technologies

  • Mar. 2017

    Japan Media Arts Festival, Entertainment Division, Excellence Award

EXHIBITIONS

  • Jul. 24 - 28, 2016

    Unlimited Corridor: Redirected Walking Techniques Using Visuo-Haptic Interaction, SIGGRAPH 2016 Emerging Technologies

  • Oct. 27 - 30, 2016

    Innovative Technologies 2016, Digital Content Expo 2016, 日本科学未来館

  • Sep. 16 - 28, 2017

    第20回文化庁メディア芸術祭 受賞作品展, 東京オペラシティ アートギャラリー / NTTインターコミュニケーション・センター［ICC］ ほか

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