Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays

Andrew Macquarrie; Anthony Steed

doi:10.1109/VR.2019.8797852

Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays

Andrew Macquarrie, Anthony Steed

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

Volumetric capture allows the creation of near-video-quality content that can be explored with six degrees of freedom. Due to limitations in these experiences, such as the content being fixed at the point of filming, an understanding of eye-gaze awareness is critical. A repeated measures experiment was conducted that explored users' ability to evaluate where a volumetrically captured avatar (VCA) was looking. Wearing one of two head-mounted displays (HMDs), 36 participants rotated a VCA to look at a target. The HMD resolution, target position, and VCA's eye-gaze direction were varied. Results did not show a difference in accuracy between HMD resolutions, while the task became significantly harder for target locations further away from the user. In contrast to real-world studies, participants consistently misjudged eye-gaze direction based on target location, but not based on the avatar's head turn direction. Implications are discussed, as results for VCAs viewed in HMDs appear to differ from face-to-face scenarios.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	645-654
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728113777
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797852
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019
Event	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 23 Mar 2019 → 27 Mar 2019

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Name	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings

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Conference	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	23/03/19 → 27/03/19

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Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by grants EP/N509577/1 and EP/M029263/1 from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The authors would like to thank Dimension Studio and Digital Catapult for their support with this work.

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© 2019 IEEE.

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Bristol Interaction Group

Keywords

Gaze perception
User study
Virtual reality

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Macquarrie, A., & Steed, A. (2019). Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings (pp. 645-654). Article 8797852 (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797852

Macquarrie, Andrew ; Steed, Anthony. / Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays. 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019. pp. 645-654 (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings).

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Macquarrie, A & Steed, A 2019, Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays. in 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings., 8797852, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 645-654, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, Osaka, Japan, 23/03/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797852

Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays. / Macquarrie, Andrew; Steed, Anthony.
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Macquarrie A, Steed A. Perception of volumetric characters' eye-gaze direction in head-mounted displays. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 2019. p. 645-654. 8797852. (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/VR.2019.8797852

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