A Comparison of Visual Attention Guiding Approaches for 360° Image-Based VR Tours

Jan Oliver Wallgrun; Mahda M. Bagher; Pejman Sajjadi; Alexander Klippel

doi:10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581092881445

A Comparison of Visual Attention Guiding Approaches for 360° Image-Based VR Tours

Jan Oliver Wallgrun, Mahda M. Bagher, Pejman Sajjadi, Alexander Klippel

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Abstract

Mechanisms for guiding a user's visual attention to a particular point of interest play a crucial role in areas such as collaborative VR and AR, cinematic VR, and automated or live guided tour experiences in xR-based education. The attention guiding mechanism serves as a communication tool that helps users find entities currently not visible in their view, referenced for instance by another user or in some accompanying audio commentary. We report on a user study in which we compared three different visual guiding mechanisms (arrow, butterfly guide, and radar) in the context of 360° image-based educational VR tour applications of real-world sites. A fourth condition with no guidance tool available was added as a baseline. We investigate the question: How do the different approaches compare in terms of target finding performance and participants' assessments of the experiences. While all three mechanisms were perceived as improvements over the no-guidance condition and resulted in significantly improved target finding times, the arrow mechanism stands out as the most generally accepted and favored approach, whereas the other two (butterfly guide and radar) received a more polarized assessment due to their specific strengths and drawbacks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	83-91
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728156088
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581092881445
Publication status	Published - Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020 - Atlanta, United States Duration: 22 Mar 2020 → 26 Mar 2020

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Name	Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020

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Conference	27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	22/03/20 → 26/03/20

Keywords

Empirical studies in HCI
Empirical studies in visualization
Human-centered computing
User studies
Virtual reality

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Wallgrun, J. O., Bagher, M. M., Sajjadi, P., & Klippel, A. (2020). A Comparison of Visual Attention Guiding Approaches for 360° Image-Based VR Tours. In Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020 (pp. 83-91). Article 9089591 (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581092881445

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Wallgrun, JO, Bagher, MM, Sajjadi, P & Klippel, A 2020, A Comparison of Visual Attention Guiding Approaches for 360° Image-Based VR Tours. in Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020., 9089591, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020, IEEE, pp. 83-91, 27th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020, Atlanta, United States, 22/03/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581092881445

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Wallgrun JO, Bagher MM, Sajjadi P, Klippel A. A Comparison of Visual Attention Guiding Approaches for 360° Image-Based VR Tours. In Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020. IEEE. 2020. p. 83-91. 9089591. (Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2020). doi: 10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581092881445

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