Generative RGB-D Face Completion for Head-Mounted Display Removal

Virtual reality (VR) creates an exceptional experience in which users can explore virtual environments. Wearing a head-mounted display (HMD), users are able to observe a virtual world that is rendered based on their physical movement and actions. A common solution for capturing the visual and geometric information needed for the construction of...

User experience in social virtual reality: Exploring methodologies for evaluating user experience in social virtual reality

Nowadays, social interaction is often mediated by technology, which makes it possible for people to interact with each other when they are separated. However, most of these technologies target the interaction between 'weak ties' and they cannot support the naturalness and richness offered through face-to-face interaction. Recently, a new type of...

Designing and evaluating a social VR clinic for knee replacement surgery

Knee osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, which results in stiffness, pain, and impaired movement, is a major cause of disability in elderly populations around the globe. In the course of treating this disease, patients have to endure enormous pains travel to hospitals to meet medical professionals. The motivation behind this...

Designing and Evaluating Avatar Biosignal Visualization Techniques in Social Virtual Reality

Social VR is the application of virtual reality that supports remote social interaction in virtual spaces. Users communicate and interact with others in the social VR environment through avatars, which are virtual anthropomorphic characters that aim to represent humans in virtual worlds. In addition, the development of the HMD and commercially...