KAVE - Kinect Cave: design, tools and comparative analysis with other VR technologies

Freitas, José Diogo Camacho

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Authors

Freitas, José Diogo Camacho

Advisor(s)

Badia, Sergi Bermudez i

Gonçalves, Afonso Rodrigues

Abstract(s)

Virtual reality has been delivered through many different forms and iterations. One of them is the CAVE. CAVE systems have developed over the yearsbuttheyarestillhaveprohibitivecostsandarerathercomplextoimplement. In this thesis we propose our own low-cost CAVE system - comprised of details about the setup as well as a calibration software that was developedtohelpachievethegoalsofthisthesis-andcompareittootherlost-cost CAVEsfoundintheliterature. Thisthesisalsoencompassesapresencestudy that was performed as a result of assessing the resulting CAVE. This study compared CAVE, PC and Head-Mounted Display in terms of presence and workloadthroughtheuseofvalidatedquestionnairesfoundintheliterature. The resulting data showed HMD induced higher sense of presence than the CAVE, and CAVE induced higher sense of presence than the PC. Regarding workloadofthesystem,thedataalsoshowednostatisticallymeaningfuldifferences between the three technologies except for the physical demand of performing a task in a CAVE compared to performing the same task in the PC.

Keywords

Computação Realidade virtual KAVE Virtual reality technologie CAVE Comparative analysis Computer Engineering . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia