Poros: Configurable Proxies for Distant Interactions in VR

Henning Pohl; Klemen Lilija; Jess McIntosh; Kasper Hornbæk

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445685

Poros: Configurable Proxies for Distant Interactions in VR

Henning Pohl, Klemen Lilija, Jess McIntosh, Kasper Hornbæk

Human-Centred Computing

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Abstract

A compelling property of virtual reality is that it allows users to interact with objects as they would in the real world. However, such interactions are limited to space within reach. We present Poros, a system that allows users to rearrange space. After marking a portion of space, the distant marked space is mirrored in a nearby proxy. Thereby, users can arrange what is within their reachable space, making it easy to interact with multiple distant spaces as well as nearby objects. Proxies themselves become part of the scene and can be moved, rotated, scaled, or anchored to other objects. Furthermore, they can be used in a set of higher-level interactions such as alignment and action duplication. We show how Poros enables a variety of tasks and applications and also validate its effectiveness through an expert evaluation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21)
Number of pages	12
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Publication date	8 May 2021
Article number	532
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-8096-6/21/05
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445685
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2021
Event	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '21 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 Jul 2021

Conference

Conference	2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI '21
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Yokohama
Period	08/05/2021 → 13/07/2021

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