Collaborative VR: Solving Riddles in the Concept of Escape Rooms

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dc.contributor.authorIoannou, Afxentisen_US
dc.contributor.authorLemonari, Marilenaen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiarokapis, Fotisen_US
dc.contributor.authorAristidou, Andreasen_US
dc.contributor.editorPelechano, Nuriaen_US
dc.contributor.editorLiarokapis, Fotisen_US
dc.contributor.editorRohmer, Damienen_US
dc.contributor.editorAsadipour, Alien_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-02T08:17:20Z
dc.date.available2023-10-02T08:17:20Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe recent state of VR technology enables users to have quick and easy access to multiple VR functionalities, prompting researchers to explore various aspects of user experiences in virtual environments. In this work, we study alternative means of user communication in collaborative virtual environments (CVEs). We are especially interested in how users manage to convey messages to each other while not being able to see, hear, or text one another. We aim to understand how users choose to utilize the tools provided to them in virtual environments and report their feedback i.e., how this affects engagement level, performance, etc. The objective of our work is to be able to determine the effects of integrating alternative means of communication in users' experience in VR; to examine this, we choose a case study of a collaborative VR escape room. We carry out a user study to evaluate our hypotheses on the effects of nontraditional communication means when performing computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). We find that players manage to complete their tasks similarly to real-life scenarios, even when not allowing for traditional ways of interpersonal interactions. Through our user survey, we also conclude that it is worth integrating this communication option in other applications as well, which poses further questions as to what is the full potential of incorporating several alternative functionalities that people subtly use in real-life, in VR.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersApplications in VR/XR
dc.description.seriesinformationInternational Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET)
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/imet.20231247
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-233-2
dc.identifier.pages1-9
dc.identifier.pages9 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/imet.20231247
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/imet20231247
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectCCS Concepts: Computing methodologies -> Virtual reality; Mixed / augmented reality; Applied computing -> Collaborative learning
dc.subjectComputing methodologies
dc.subjectVirtual reality
dc.subjectMixed / augmented reality
dc.subjectApplied computing
dc.subjectCollaborative learning
dc.titleCollaborative VR: Solving Riddles in the Concept of Escape Roomsen_US
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