Evacuation Simulator Using Locomotion Interface

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25240030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human interface and interaction
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: IWATA Hiroo 筑波大学, システム情報系, 教授 (60184884)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 矢野 博明 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (80312825)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: バーチャルリアリティ / ロコモーション・インタフェース

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Traveling on foot is the most intuitive way for locomotion. People often feel that sense of distance or direction while walking is much better than that while riding on a vehicle. Infinite surface driven by actuators is an ideal device for creation of sense of walking. We selected a torus-shaped surface to realize the locomotion interface. Infinite surface is generated by the motion of the treadmills. The walker can go to any direction while his/her position is fixed in the real world. An image of the virtual space is displayed in the head-mounted display corresponding with the motion of the walker. The device was applied to evacuation simulator.

Free Research Field

バーチャルリアリティ