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Index
Half title ACM Books Title Copyright Contents Preface Figure Credits Overview Part I Introduction and Background
Chapter 1 What Is Virtual Reality?
1.1 The Definition of Virtual Reality 1.2 VR Is Communication 1.3 What Is VR Good For?
Chapter 2 A History of VR
2.1 The 1800s 2.2 The 1900s 2.3 The 2000s
Chapter 3 An Overview of Various Realities
3.1 Forms of Reality 3.2 Reality Systems
Chapter 4 Immersion, Presence, and Reality Trade-Offs
4.1 Immersion 4.2 Presence 4.3 Illusions of Presence 4.4 Reality Trade-Offs
Chapter 5 The Basics: Design Guidelines
5.1 Introduction and Background 5.2 VR Is Communication 5.3 An Overview of Various Realities 5.4 Immersion, Presence, and Reality Trade-Offs
Part II Perception
Chapter 6 Objective and Subjective Reality
6.1 Reality Is Subjective 6.2 Perceptual Illusions
Chapter 7 Perceptual Models and Processes
7.1 Distal and Proximal Stimuli 7.2 Sensation vs. Perception 7.3 Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processing 7.4 Afference and Efference 7.5 Iterative Perceptual Processing 7.6 The Subconscious and Conscious 7.7 Visceral, Behavioral, Reflective, and Emotional Processes 7.8 Mental Models 7.9 Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Chapter 8 Perceptual Modalities
8.1 Sight 8.2 Hearing 8.3 Touch 8.4 Proprioception 8.5 Balance and Physical Motion 8.6 Smell and Taste 8.7 Multimodal Perceptions
Chapter 9 Perception of Space and Time
9.1 Space Perception 9.2 Time Perception 9.3 Motion Perception
Chapter 10 Perceptual Stability, Attention, and Action
10.1 Perceptual Constancies 10.2 Adaptation 10.3 Attention 10.4 Action
Chapter 11 Perception: Design Guidelines
11.1 Objective and Subjective Reality 11.2 Perceptual Models and Processes 11.3 Perceptual Modalities 11.4 Perception of Space and Time 11.5 Perceptual Stability, Attention, and Action
Part III Adverse Health Effects
Chapter 12 Motion Sickness
12.1 Scene Motion 12.2 Motion Sickness and Vection 12.3 Theories of Motion Sickness 12.4 A Unified Model of Motion Sickness
Chapter 13 Eye Strain, Seizures, and Aftereffects
13.1 Accommodation-Vergence Conflict 13.2 Binocular-Occlusion Conflict 13.3 Flicker 13.4 Aftereffects
Chapter 14 Hardware Challenges
14.1 Physical Fatigue 14.2 Headset Fit 14.3 Injury 14.4 Hygiene
Chapter 15 Latency
15.1 Negative Effects of Latency 15.2 Latency Thresholds 15.3 Delayed Perception as a Function of Dark Adaptation 15.4 Sources of Delay 15.5 Timing Analysis
Chapter 16 Measuring Sickness
16.1 The Kennedy Simulator Sickness Questionnaire 16.2 Postural Stability 16.3 Physiological Measures
Chapter 17 Summary of Factors That Contribute to Adverse Effects
17.1 System Factors 17.2 Individual User Factors 17.3 Application Design Factors 17.4 Presence vs. Motion Sickness
Chapter 18 Examples of Reducing Adverse Effects
18.1 Optimize Adaptation 18.2 Real-World Stabilized Cues 18.3 Manipulate the World as an Object 18.4 Leading Indicators 18.5 Minimize Visual Accelerations and Rotations 18.6 Ratcheting 18.7 Delay Compensation 18.8 Motion Platforms 18.9 Reducing Gorilla Arm 18.10 Warning Grids and Fade-Outs 18.11 Medication
Chapter 19 Adverse Health Effects: Design Guidelines
19.1 Hardware 19.2 System Calibration 19.3 Latency Reduction 19.4 General Design 19.5 Motion Design 19.6 Interaction Design 19.7 Usage 19.8 Measuring Sickness
Part IV Content Creation
Chapter 20 High-Level Concepts of Content Creation
20.1 Experiencing the Story 20.2 The Core Experience 20.3 Conceptual Integrity 20.4 Gestalt Perceptual Organization
Chapter 21 Environmental Design
21.1 The Scene 21.2 Color and Lighting 21.3 Audio 21.4 Sampling and Aliasing 21.5 Environmental Wayfinding Aids 21.6 Real-World Content
Chapter 22 Affecting Behavior
22.1 Personal Wayfinding Aids 22.2 Center of Action 22.3 Field of View 22.4 Casual vs. High-End VR 22.5 Characters, Avatars, and Social Networking
Chapter 23 Transitioning to VR Content Creation
23.1 Paradigm Shifts from Traditional Development to VR Development 23.2 Reusing Existing Content
Chapter 24 Content Creation: Design Guidelines
24.1 High-Level Concepts of Content Creation 24.2 Environmental Design 24.3 Affecting Behavior 24.4 Transitioning to VR Content Creation
Part V Interaction
Chapter 25 Human-Centered Interaction
25.1 Intuitiveness 25.2 Norman’s Principles of Interaction Design 25.3 Direct vs. Indirect Interaction 25.4 The Cycle of Interaction 25.5 The Human Hands
Chapter 26 VR Interaction Concepts
26.1 Interaction Fidelity 26.2 Proprioceptive and Egocentric Interaction 26.3 Reference Frames 26.4 Speech and Gestures 26.5 Modes and Flow 26.6 Multimodal Interaction 26.7 Beware of Sickness and Fatigue 26.8 Visual-Physical Conflict and Sensory Substitution
Chapter 27 Input Devices
27.1 Input Device Characteristics 27.2 Classes of Hand Input Devices 27.3 Classes of Non-hand Input Devices
Chapter 28 Interaction Patterns and Techniques
28.1 Selection Patterns 28.2 Manipulation Patterns 28.3 Viewpoint Control Patterns 28.4 Indirect Control Patterns 28.5 Compound Patterns
Chapter 29 Interaction: Design Guidelines
29.1 Human-Centered Interaction 29.2 VR Interaction Concepts 29.3 Input Devices 29.4 Interaction Patterns and Techniques
Part VI Iterative Design
Chapter 30 Philosophy of Iterative Design
30.1 VR Is Both an Art and a Science 30.2 Human-Centered Design 30.3 Continuous Discovery through Iteration 30.4 There Is No One Way—Processes Are Project Dependent 30.5 Teams
Chapter 31 The Define Stage
31.1 The Vision 31.2 Questions 31.3 Assessment and Feasibility 31.4 High-Level Design Considerations 31.5 Objectives 31.6 Key Players 31.7 Time and Costs 31.8 Risks 31.9 Assumptions 31.10 Project Constraints 31.11 Personas 31.12 User Stories 31.13 Storyboards 31.14 Scope 31.15 Requirements
Chapter 32 The Make Stage
32.1 Task Analysis 32.2 Design Specification 32.3 System Considerations 32.4 Simulation 32.5 Networked Environments 32.6 Prototypes 32.7 Final Production 32.8 Delivery
Chapter 33 The Learn Stage
33.1 Communication and Attitude 33.2 Research Concepts 33.3 Constructivist Approaches 33.4 The Scientific Method 33.5 Data Analysis
Chapter 34 Iterative Design: Design Guidelines
34.1 Philosophy of Iterative Design 34.2 The Define Stage 34.3 The Make Stage 34.4 The Learn Stage
Part VII The Future Starts Now
Chapter 35 The Present and Future State of VR
35.1 Selling VR to the Masses 35.2 Culture of the VR Community 35.3 Communication 35.4 Standards and Open Source 35.5 Hardware 35.6 The Convergence of AR and VR
Chapter 36 Getting Started
Appendix A Example Questionnaire Appendix B Example Interview Guidelines Glossary References Index Author’s Biography
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