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CHI EA '24: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Providing weight sensations in Virtual Reality (VR) is a persistent challenge. In this video, we present MobileGravity [3], a novel mobile weight interface utilizing liquid transfer to change the weight of a handheld VR proxy. MobileGravity overcomes the conflict between mobility and performance by decoupling its heavy components, such as the actuator and the liquid supply, from the weight-changing object. This enables the system to apply weight changes of up to 1 kg in 235 g/s and yet allows users to walk around and turn in any direction. The video showcases the interaction with MobileGravity, sheds light on its technical implementation, and illustrates previously restricted use cases.

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Alexander Kalus, Johannes Klein, and Niels Henze. 2023. Utilizing Liquid Transfer for Weight Simulation: Challenges and Future Directions. In Workshop Be-greifbare Interaktion 2023. Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Rapperswil (SG). https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2023-mci-ws09-410

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Alexander Kalus, Johannes Klein, Tien-Julian Ho, Lee-Ann Seegets, and Niels Henze. 2024. MobileGravity: Mobile Simulation of a High Range of Weight in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’24) (Honolulu, HI, USA) (CHI ’24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642658

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Alexander Kalus, Martin Kocur, and Niels Henze. 2022. Towards Inducing Weight Perception in Virtual Reality Through a Liquid-based Haptic Controller. In AVI ’22 - Workshop on Visuo-Haptic Interaction. 5 pages. https://doi.org/10.5283/epub.53628

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Alexander Kalus, Martin Kocur, Johannes Klein, Manuel Mayer, and Niels Henze. 2023. PumpVR: Rendering the Weight of Objects and Avatars through Liquid Mass Transfer in Virtual Reality. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Hamburg, Germany) (CHI ’23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 263, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581172

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Kalus AKlein JHo THenze N(2024)Simulating Object Weight in Virtual Reality: The Role of Absolute Mass and Weight DistributionsProceedings of the 30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology10.1145/3641825.3687732(1-11)Online publication date: 9-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3641825.3687732

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Showcasing MobileGravity
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Haptic devices
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality

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Kalus AKlein JHo THenze N(2024)Simulating Object Weight in Virtual Reality: The Role of Absolute Mass and Weight DistributionsProceedings of the 30th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology10.1145/3641825.3687732(1-11)Online publication date: 9-Oct-2024
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