[DC] Effects of Asymmetric Locomotion Methods on Collaborative Navigation and Wayfinding in Shared Virtual Environments

Soumyajit Chakraborty ^{1
1 Vanderbilt University}

Navigation and wayfinding can be accomplished either by single person or a group of people. Using the help of immersive virtual reality technology, significant research has been conducted to find out how a person can navigate and wayfind in a virtual world. However, there has been little work done that asks how multiple people can collaboratively navigate and wayfind in a virtual world. In this proposal, we investigate this question with a specific interest on how different locomotion methods can affect the acquired knowledge of a group of individuals in a distributed, shared virtual environment.

Presented my preliminary dissertation proposal at the Doctoral Consortium, IEEE VR 2022. Here is the link of the paper. The talk can be found below.