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 […]
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,
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
As we’ve established in these articles so far, real walking is the best and most natural experience, quickly followed by redirected walking since both give you the feeling of moving around as you would in the real world. However, when you have limited physical space and you don’t have the time or budget to warrant
As we covered in my last article on locomotion, real walking is by far the best and most natural method of locomotion for virtual environments since it doesn’t have a learning curve, and poses the least risk for motion sickness. However, when your experience needs a lot of world space, it’s not always a practical
It’s hard to get people to pay money for a service when they don’t truly understand the value of that service. And, sadly because of this, UX is usually one of the first services to get cut when budgets and timelines are tight. I won’t reinvent the wheel by writing an article on the value
As with research, I do like to have streamlined processes, playbooks and systems for my design work as well. However, unlike my other articles so far, the process I use to design solutions for XR does not follow the Google Ventures design sprint due to the nature of the businesses I work with. That said, if your situation allows
As mentioned in my previous article, it is my experience that most teams and projects don’t have the time or budget for robust research plans. Even so, you will still want to conduct some amount of research with people in your target audience to help ensure that you’re solving the right problems with your solution. Having
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. Currently, the different types of walking include:
I’m a big fan of streamlined processes and systems, so of course, I wanted to set one in place for usability testing on my VR projects. I won’t go into all of the pros and cons of research sprints -vs- fully-developed plans in this article. However, I will say that in my own experience most