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Real vs Simulated Foveated Rendering to Reduce Visual Discomfort in Virtual Reality

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Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021 (INTERACT 2021)

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In this paper, a study aimed at investigating the effects of real (using eye tracking to determine the fixation) and simulated foveated blurring in immersive Virtual Reality is presented. Techniques to reduce the optical flow perceived at the visual field margins are often employed in immersive Virtual Reality environments to alleviate discomfort experienced when the visual motion perception does not correspond to the body’s acceleration. Although still preliminary, our results suggest that for participants with higher self-declared sensitivity to sickness, there might be an improvement for nausea when using blurring. The (perceived) difficulty of the task seems to improve when the real foveated method is used.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Ariel Caputo & Andrea Giachetti

  2. Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Salwa Abkal, Chiara Marchesini & Massimo Zancanaro

  3. Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy

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Caputo, A., Giachetti, A., Abkal, S., Marchesini, C., Zancanaro, M. (2021). Real vs Simulated Foveated Rendering to Reduce Visual Discomfort in Virtual Reality. In: Ardito, C., et al. Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021. INTERACT 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12936. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85607-6_12

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