LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation
UbiComp Companion ’24, October 5–9, 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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| author | Um, Juwon Jeon, Eunki Kang, Yumin Kang, Seongjun Elsharkawy, Ahmed DelPreto, Joseph Matusik, Wojciech Rus, Daniela Kim, SeungJun |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Um, Juwon Jeon, Eunki Kang, Yumin Kang, Seongjun Elsharkawy, Ahmed DelPreto, Joseph Matusik, Wojciech Rus, Daniela Kim, SeungJun |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1576222025-01-06T04:30:04Z LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation Um, Juwon Jeon, Eunki Kang, Yumin Kang, Seongjun Elsharkawy, Ahmed DelPreto, Joseph Matusik, Wojciech Rus, Daniela Kim, SeungJun Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science UbiComp Companion ’24, October 5–9, 2024, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Providing convincing proprioceptive cues is essential for immersive virtual reality (VR) navigation. However, this is challenging for seated users with restricted mobility. To address this gap, this study proposes LegSense, a method designed to induce the walking sensation in VR via electrical muscle stimulation (EMS). This method activates the leg muscle senses in sync with the gait cycle without requiring physical motion to enhance users' immersion. We evaluated the efficacy of LegSense through a user study and confirmed its potential in terms of walking sensation, embodiment, and presence compared to other static conditions (baseline and vibro-tactile). Additionally, participant interviews confirmed that LegSense effectively creates a leg movement illusion, suggesting its potential applications in diverse virtual scenarios to enhance VR experiences for seated users. 2024-11-21T15:31:46Z 2024-11-21T15:31:46Z 2024-10-05 2024-11-01T07:52:46Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 979-8-4007-1058-2 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157622 Um, Juwon, Jeon, Eunki, Kang, Yumin, Kang, Seongjun, Elsharkawy, Ahmed et al. 2024. "LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation." PUBLISHER_CC en https://doi.org/10.1145/3675094.3678375 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ The author(s) application/pdf ACM|Companion of the 2024 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing Association for Computing Machinery |
| spellingShingle | Um, Juwon Jeon, Eunki Kang, Yumin Kang, Seongjun Elsharkawy, Ahmed DelPreto, Joseph Matusik, Wojciech Rus, Daniela Kim, SeungJun LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title | LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title_full | LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title_fullStr | LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title_short | LegSense: Inducing Walking Sensation in Seated VR by Providing Movement Illusion via Electrical Muscle Stimulation |
| title_sort | legsense inducing walking sensation in seated vr by providing movement illusion via electrical muscle stimulation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157622 |
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