Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows

Tuukka M. Takala; Perttu Hämäläinen; Mikael Matveinen; Taru Simonen; Jari Takatalo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_5

Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows

Tuukka M. Takala^*, Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikael Matveinen, Taru Simonen, Jari Takatalo

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the use of volumetric shadows for enhancing three-dimensional perception and action in third-person motion games. They offer an alternative to previously studied cues and visual guides. Our preliminary survey revealed that from the games that require Kinect, 37% rely primarily on a third-person view and 9% on a first-person view. We conducted a user study where 30 participants performed object reaching, interception, and aiming tasks in six different graphical modes of a video game that was controlled using a Kinect sensor and PlayStation Move controllers. The study results indicate that different volumetric shadow cues can affect both the user experience and the gameplay performance positively or negatively, depending on the lighting setup. Qualitative user experience analysis shows that playing was found to be most easy and fluent in a typical virtual reality setting with stereo rendering and flat surface shadows.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computer-Human Interaction
Subtitle of host publication	Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers
Editors	Theodor Wyeld, Paul Calder, Haifeng Shen
Publisher	Springer
Pages	91-113
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Print)	9783319169392
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction - Adelaide, Australia Duration: 25 Nov 2013 → 29 Nov 2013 Conference number: 25

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	8433
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction
Abbreviated title	OzCHI
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	25/11/2013 → 29/11/2013

Keywords

3D user interface
Depth cues
Depth perception
Game experience
Games
Stereoscopy
Volumetric shadows

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Takala, T. M., Hämäläinen, P., Matveinen, M., Simonen, T., & Takatalo, J. (2015). Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows. In T. Wyeld, P. Calder, & H. Shen (Eds.), Computer-Human Interaction: Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers (pp. 91-113). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8433). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_5

Takala, Tuukka M. ; Hämäläinen, Perttu ; Matveinen, Mikael et al. / Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows. Computer-Human Interaction: Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers. editor / Theodor Wyeld ; Paul Calder ; Haifeng Shen. Springer, 2015. pp. 91-113 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Takala, TM , Hämäläinen, P, Matveinen, M, Simonen, T & Takatalo, J 2015, Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows. in T Wyeld, P Calder & H Shen (eds), Computer-Human Interaction: Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 8433, Springer, pp. 91-113, Australian Conference on Human-Computer-Interaction, Adelaide, Australia, 25/11/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_5

Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows. / Takala, Tuukka M.; Hämäläinen, Perttu; Matveinen, Mikael et al.
Computer-Human Interaction: Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers. ed. / Theodor Wyeld; Paul Calder; Haifeng Shen. Springer, 2015. p. 91-113 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 8433).

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Takala TM , Hämäläinen P, Matveinen M, Simonen T, Takatalo J. Enhancing spatial perception and user experience in video games with volumetric shadows. In Wyeld T, Calder P, Shen H, editors, Computer-Human Interaction: Cognitive Effects of Spatial Interaction, Learning, and Ability - 25th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2013, Revised and Extended Papers. Springer. 2015. p. 91-113. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16940-8_5

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