Abstract
Extended Reality (XR) applications are becoming increasingly widespread due to technical advances, but also have their own challenges regarding the user’s real-world orientation. Especially during virtual reality use at home, users are at risk of collisions with the environment due to restricted play space. Users might also experience discomfort due to this risk, even if no collisions occur. We propose a novel definition for the feeling of disorientation and fear of colliding with real objects in XR, called Collision Anxiety (CA). To measure the collision anxiety, we developed and tested a not yet validated questionnaire (Collision Anxiety Questionnaire) and used it to examine the influence of CA on immersion and general player experience. In three studies, a total of 149 participants played different variations of an augmented (AR) or virtual reality (VR) version of a game. Results suggest that while an AR game can provide a similar player experience compared to its VR equivalent, differences regarding CA exist.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
https://www.statista.com/topics/6072/extended-reality-xr, last visit: 19.05.2023.
- 2.
https://arinsider.co/2022/10/26/will-vr-revenue-exceed-28-billion-by-2026/, last visit: 25.05.2023.
- 3.
https://superhotgame.com, last visit: 26.05.2023.
- 4.
https://www.beatsaber.com, last visit: 26.05.2023.
References
Boletsis, C., Cedergren, J.E.: Vr locomotion in the new era of virtual reality: an empirical comparison of prevalent techniques. Advances in Human-Computer Interaction 2019 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7420781
Bowman, D.A., McMahan, R.P.: Virtual reality: how much immersion is enough? Computer 40(7), 36–43 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2007.257
Graf, L., Altmeyer, M., Emmerich, K., Herrlich, M., Krekhov, A., Spiel, K.: Development and validation of a German version of the player experience inventory (pxi). Mensch und Computer 2022 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1145/3543758.3543763
Gulati, S., Sousa, S., Lamas, D.: Design, development and evaluation of a human-computer trust scale. Behav. Inf. Technol. 38(10), 1004–1015 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2019.1656779
Herur-Raman, A., Almeida, N.D., Greenleaf, W., Williams, D., Karshenas, A., Sherman, J.H.: Next-generation simulation-integrating extended reality technology into medical education. Front. Virtual Reality, 115 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.693399
Jelonek, M.: Vrtoer: When virtual reality leads to accidents: a community on reddit as lens to insights about vr safety. In: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1–6 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585783
Kanamori, K., Sakata, N., Tominaga, T., Hijikata, Y., Harada, K., Kiyokawa, K.: Obstacle avoidance method in real space for virtual reality immersion. In: 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), pp. 80–89 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR.2018.00033
Lewicki, R.J., Bunker, B.B.: Developing and maintaining trust in work relationships. Trust Organizations Front. Theory Res. 114, 139 (1996)
Liu, H., Wang, Z., Mazumdar, A., Mousas, C.: Virtual reality game level layout design for real environment constraints. Graph. Visual Comput. 4, 200020 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gvc.2021.200020
Mcknight, D.H., Carter, M., Thatcher, J.B., Clay, P.F.: Trust in a specific technology: an investigation of its components and measures. ACM Trans. Manage. Inf. Syst. (TMIS) 2(2), 1–25 (2011)
Melo, M., Gonçalves, G., Vasconcelos-Raposo, J., Bessa, M.: How much presence is enough? qualitative scales for interpreting the igroup presence questionnaire score. IEEE Access 11, 24675–24685 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3254892
Milgram, P., Kishino, F.: A taxonomy of mixed reality visual displays. IEICE Trans. Inf. Syst. 77(12), 1321–1329 (1994)
Oh, Y., Yang, S.: Defining exergames & exergaming. Proc. Meaningful Play 2010, 21–23 (2010)
Schubert, T., Friedmann, F., Regenbrecht, H.: The experience of presence: Factor analytic insights. Presence: Teleoperators Virtual Environ. textbf10(3), 266–281 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1162/105474601300343603
Simeone, A.L., Velloso, E., Gellersen, H.: Substitutional reality: Using the physical environment to design virtual reality experiences. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA (2015). https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702389
Skarbez, R., Smith, M., Whitton, M.C.: Revisiting milgram and kishino’s reality-virtuality continuum. Front. Virtual Reality 2, 647997 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.647997
Yang, H., Li, J., Liu, J., Bian, Y., Liu, J.: Development of an indoor exergame based on moving-target hitting task for covid-19 epidemic: a comparison between ar and vr mode. IEEE Trans. Games 14(3), 511–521 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1109/TG.2021.3118035
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2023 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing
About this paper
Cite this paper
Ring, P., Masuch, M. (2023). Exploring the Influence of Collision Anxiety on Player Experience in XR Games. In: Ciancarini, P., Di Iorio, A., Hlavacs, H., Poggi, F. (eds) Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2023. ICEC 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14455. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8248-6_17
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-99-8247-9
Online ISBN: 978-981-99-8248-6
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)