Simonson, Aubrey and Pattie Maes. “Increasing Embodiment for Desktop-Based Participants in Mixed Desktop and Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments.” (May 7, 2020).

Abstract

For browser-based users, controls in systems like Mozilla hubs are much less embodied than they could be using all of the tools available in most laptops. A common control scheme involves a viewport moved using the mouse, no ability to point, and eye movement which is unassociated with the actual eye movement of the user. In this position paper, we propose a control system for browser-based users of virtual immersive environments which is more embodied, while also using only the affordances present in most laptop computers.