@inproceedings{fed63d6c3c664c9c8bcf79ab0df84a29,
title = "Investigating a Simple Technique to Alter Viewpoint Height in Immersive 360° Video",
abstract = "A user's perceived height can have a significant impact on their experience in an immersive telepresence environment. However, virtually manipulating the user's height (if physical adjustment of the camera is not possible) introduces distortions which may counteract positive effects caused by an adjusted height. In a user study of 68 participants, we implemented a simple method for virtually adjusting a user's height in an immersive telepresence meeting which was pre-recorded via a 360° camera to observe the trade-off between the height shift and its ensuing distortions. The shifted-height condition was created via software by changing the position of the virtual camera within the 3-D projection sphere, a simple technique which introduces mild visual distortions. Participants were asked to attend two meetings in immersive telepresence, at normal and increased heights. Our results indicate that while participants were able to detect the visual distortions at an above chance rate, these distortions had little influence on the participants' preferences between conditions, supporting this technique as a viable method of virtually altering a user's height in immersive telepresence environments.",
author = "Center, {Evan G.} and Adhi Widagdo and Matti Pouke and Markku Suomalainen and Mimnaugh, {Katherine J.} and Abdulsatar Aboud and Timo Ojala and Lavalle, {Steven M.}",
note = "This work was supported by BF project HUMOR 3656/31/2019, the RCF projects PIXIE 331822, PERCEPT 322637, and the ERC project ILLUSIVE 101020977.; 1st IEEE Conference on Telepresence, Telepresence 2024 ; Conference date: 16-11-2024 Through 17-11-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1109/Telepresence63209.2024.10841573",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, Telepresence 2024",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "131--138",
editor = "Adrian Adascalitei and Adrian Stoica and Agostino Mangini and Alireza Mohammadi and Charlie Yan and Christopher Nemeth and David Kaber and Diego Dall'Alba and Edward Tunstel and Emiliano Schena and Farokh Atashzar and Ferat Sahin and Giacinto Barresi and Hongliang Ren and {van Erp}, Jan and Wu, {Jie Ying} and Jin Ymjin and Ljiljana Trajkovic and Mohamed Aly and Nikhil Deshpande and Paolo Fiorini and Rahaele Carli and Saeid Nahavandi and Salvatore Livatino and Seok-Chang Ryu and Falk, {Tiago H.} and Tom Gedeon and Yutao He",
booktitle = "2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, Telepresence 2024",
address = "United States",
}