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A Study on the Use of RDW Data in Virtual Environment

가상환경에서 방향전환보행 데이터 활용 연구

  • Lim, Yangmi (Department of IT Media Engineering, Duksung Women's University)
  • 임양미 (덕성여자대학교 IT 미디어공학과)
  • Received : 2022.07.07
  • Accepted : 2022.08.08
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

This study is an experiment on the use of RDW(Redirected Walking) technology, which helps users to hardly feel the difference of user movement in the limited physical space and the extended virtual space when the user moves while wearing the HMD in the real world. The RDW function installed in 3D space realization software such as Unity3D is used to induce the user's redirection by slightly distorting the virtual space according to the user's point of view. However, if the RDW distortion rate is used excessively, dissonance is highly likely to occur. In particular, it is easy to make errors that cause cybersickness of users. It is important to obtain the RDW data value in the virtual environment so that the user does not feel fatigue and cybersickness even after wearing the HMD for a long time. In this experiment, it was tested whether the user's RDW was safely implemented, and item and obstacle arrangement data were obtained through this experiment. The RDW data obtained as a result of the experiment were used for item placement and obstacle placement in the virtual space.

본 연구는 HMD를 착용하고 사용자가 이동하였을 때, 현실세계에서의 제한된 물리적 공간과 확장된 가상공간에서의 사용자 움직임 차이를 거의 느끼지 않도록 도와주는 방향전환보행(RDW) 기술 활용에 대한 실험이다. Unity3D와 같은 3D 공간 구현 소프트웨어들에 탑재되어 있는 RDW 기능은 사용자의 시각에 따라 가상공간을 조금씩 왜곡시켜 사용자의 방향 전환을 유도하는 데 유용하게 사용된다. 하지만 RDW 왜곡률을 과도하게 사용하면 부조화가 발생할 가능성이 크다. 특히 사용자의 사이버멀미를 유발하는 오류를 범하기 쉽다. 사용자가 장시간 HMD를 착용하고도 피로감 및 사이버멀미를 느끼지 않도록 가상환경에서의 RDW 데이터 값을 획득하는 것은 중요하다. 본 연구는 사용자의 방향전환보행이 안전하게 이행되는가를 실험하여 아이템 및 장애물 배치 데이터를 본 실험을 통해 획득하였다. 실험 결과로 얻은 RDW 데이터들은 가상공간에 아이템 배치 및 장애물 배치에 활용되었다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 덕성여자대학교의 2021년도 교내연구비 지원을 받아 게재되었습니다.

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