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1	Virtual reality in tourism. Opportunity or pitfall? : Explorative case study of a place-based virtual reality experience of Mariebergsskogen / Virtuell verklighet i turismen. Möjlighet eller fallgrop? : En explorativ fallstudie om en platsbaserade virtuell verklighet upplevelse av Mariebergsskogen Kubitzek, Barbara January 2021 (has links) To what extent can virtual reality be used to induce real-life tourism? This question becomes even more relevant in these covid-19 times. However, research on virtual reality concerning tourism has not engaged substantively with this question yet and thus this study seeks to address this question. This thesis is an explorative case study of the development of the prototype of a place-based virtual reality experience of Mariebergsskogen in Karlstad, Sweden. The purpose of this study is to investigate and show how a place-based virtual reality experience can add value to the experience and promotion of Mariebergsskogen. This thesis goes beyond ocularcentrism highlighting the involvement of senses, the whole body and emotions in experiencing a destination. How can a deeper emotional connection to a destination be evoked through virtual reality revealing the characteristics, uniqueness and rootedness of the place? A geomedia approach is taken that combines a sensitivity to place with media to arrive at a multi-dimensional view of Mariebergsskogen considering place representations, engagements and its roots to history. Place is conceptualized by recourse to Lefebvre’s (2011) spatial triad: lived, perceived and imagined that are in a dialectic relationship. The methodological model created has been informed by the project on place-based digital experiences (PDU) at the University of Karlstad in Sweden. Tourists are considered active agents in creating tourism destinations and this study emphasizes their engagement as co-creators in the prototype development process. A methodological model is proposed that combines a place analysis with workshops consisting of a user study and a co-creation workshop supplemented with insights from interviews with virtual reality developers and stakeholders from Region Värmland and Karlstad Municipality. Virtual reality tourism virtual reality co-creation geomedia place-based virtual reality experiences place marketing Region Värmland Karlstad Municipality Mariebergsskogen experience design interaction design storytelling cultural heritage covid-19 pandemic communication Sweden case-study film 360° Lefebvre digital experiences destination marketing VR film cinematic virtual reality metaverse UX UI Skansen Sweden Visit Sweden Visit Värmland design processes Oculus Quest Google cardboard NFT methodological model PDU innovation marketing Virtuelle Realität Tourismus Marketing Schweden Geomedia Experience Design Kommunikation Covid-19 Pandemie Fallstudie Sinne Kultur Park Umwelt Virtuell Verklighet turism Karlstad Kommun Region Värmland Kommunikation pandemi kulturellt arv plats berättelse Interaction Technologies Interaktionsteknik Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Studies on Film Filmvetenskap Communication Studies Kommunikationsvetenskap Economics and Business Ekonomi och näringsliv History Historia Cultural Studies Kulturstudier Computer and Information Sciences Data- och informationsvetenskap Human Computer Interaction Social Sciences Samhällsvetenskap Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier Natural Sciences Naturvetenskap
2	Implementation and Analysis of Co-Located Virtual Reality for Scientific Data Visualization Jordan M McGraw (8803076) 07 May 2020 (has links) <div>Advancements in virtual reality (VR) technologies have led to overwhelming critique and acclaim in recent years. Academic researchers have already begun to take advantage of these immersive technologies across all manner of settings. Using immersive technologies, educators are able to more easily interpret complex information with students and colleagues. Despite the advantages these technologies bring, some drawbacks still remain. One particular drawback is the difficulty of engaging in immersive environments with others in a shared physical space (i.e., with a shared virtual environment). A common strategy for improving collaborative data exploration has been to use technological substitutions to make distant users feel they are collaborating in the same space. This research, however, is focused on how virtual reality can be used to build upon real-world interactions which take place in the same physical space (i.e., collaborative, co-located, multi-user virtual reality).</div><div><br></div><div>In this study we address two primary dimensions of collaborative data visualization and analysis as follows: [1] we detail the implementation of a novel co-located VR hardware and software system, [2] we conduct a formal user experience study of the novel system using the NASA Task Load Index (Hart, 1986) and introduce the Modified User Experience Inventory, a new user study inventory based upon the Unified User Experience Inventory, (Tcha-Tokey, Christmann, Loup-Escande, Richir, 2016) to empirically observe the dependent measures of Workload, Presence, Engagement, Consequence, and Immersion. A total of 77 participants volunteered to join a demonstration of this technology at Purdue University. In groups ranging from two to four, participants shared a co-located virtual environment built to visualize point cloud measurements of exploded supernovae. This study is not experimental but observational. We found there to be moderately high levels of user experience and moderate levels of workload demand in our results. We describe the implementation of the software platform and present user reactions to the technology that was created. These are described in detail within this manuscript.</div> Software Engineering Computer Software Computer Graphics Simulation and Modelling Virtual Reality and Related Simulation Mobile Technologies Networking and Communications Computer-Human Interaction Collaborative Virtual Reality Virtual Reality Collaborative Virtual Reality Networking Networked VR Mulitplayer Multiplayer VR Data Visualization Data Exploration Head Mounted Display Cyberspace Augmented Reality Emerging Technologies Consumer Devices Virtual Environment Virtual Aesthetics Collaborative VR Simulation Training Simulation and Training Colocated Colocated Virtual Environment Immersive Media Immersive Technology Collaborative Tools Educational Virtual Environment Point Cloud Representations Isosurface Representations Mesh Smoothng Supernova Supernovae Supernova Remnant Modeling Astronomy and Astrophysics Cassiopeia N132D E0102 Crab Nebula CAVE CAVE Theater Mobile VR Virtual Classrooms STEM Workload Workload Assessment Tool Presence Engagement Immersion Experience Consequence Simulator sickness Simulator Sickness Questionnaire NASA TLX NASA Task Load Index Unified User Experience Quesionnaire Modified User Experience Questionnaire Oculus Oculus Go Oculus Quest Novel Solutions Optitrack Motive Motion Capture Mocap User Experience Unity3D Game Engine Lidgren Room Scale VR Hall Scale VR Co-location Colocation Virtual Training Collaborative Virtual Environments Shared Virtual Environments Collaboration Whiteboard Mobile Virtual Reality VR HMD LAN UX CSCL UXQ TLX AR VE CVE 3D UI EVE

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Virtual reality in tourism. Opportunity or pitfall? : Explorative case study of a place-based virtual reality experience of Mariebergsskogen / Virtuell verklighet i turismen. Möjlighet eller fallgrop? : En explorativ fallstudie om en platsbaserade virtuell verklighet upplevelse av Mariebergsskogen

Implementation and Analysis of Co-Located Virtual Reality for Scientific Data Visualization