Locomotion

Locomotion is the way people move around within virtual worlds. In order to get the best experience and reduce the risks of motion sickness or fatigue, it is important to understand the different types of locomotion, their pros and cons, best practices and when best to use them.

Lady in VR with spotlight causing a silhouette. Photo by Stella Jacob
Locomotion, Real Walking

Locomotion: Real Walking [Video]

Locomotion is the way people move around within virtual worlds. In order to get the best experience and reduce the risks of motion sickness or fatigue, it’s important to understand the different types of locomotion, their pros and cons, best practices and when best to use them.

Hero Academy beta in Richie’s Plank Experience. Using rocket booster gloves to fly around a city.
Artificial Locomotion

Moving Around in VR: Artificial Locomotion

We’re finally on our last article of this series on locomotion in VR. We’ve learned that while real walking is the best option, it requires physical space. And we’ve learned that teleportation is one of the best alternatives when you don’t have the space for real walking. Now, we’ll be covering the last of the alternatives, which is artificial

Google Earth VR inside a 360 view of Tokyo. Controller is showing with the Drag tooltip option in view.
Drag World

Moving Around in VR: Drag World

Ok, so we’ve established that real walking is by far the best option for a natural and comfortable experience, and that teleportation is one of the best alternatives for a comfortable experience if you don’t have enough space to move around physically. However, there are still some other alternatives out there that we need to address. In this article,

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Controller Interactions, Patterns, Teleportation

Bogo: Teleportation

Problem to solve Although real walking is the best option for a natural and comfortable experience of moving around a virtual space, it’s not always possible due to physical space limitations. Of all of the alternative options out there as of now, teleportation is going to offer the most comfortable experience for the largest audience.  How might

Screenshot of teleportation from the AltspaceVR Tutorial
Teleportation

Moving Around in VR: Teleportation

So far we’ve learned that while real walking is the best option for a natural and comfortable experience, it’s not always possible due to physical space limitations. This means we need alternative options for locomotion in VR. In the previous article, we learned that walking in place — while a valiant attempt, still has a pretty good risk of

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