Avaliação da interação de usuários em diferentes dispositivos de visualização de um tour virtual da UNIPAMPA Campus Alegrete

Abstract

Technologies to building VR applications has been progressively created and improved to enable productivity and ease of development, such as the WebXR technology which allows the creation of virtual environments that can be viewed in different devices. Virtual applications depend on the visualization device and it is a critical factor to ensure the quality of interaction, since WebXR applications have peculiarities when compared to traditional systems. In this context, the present work aims to compare the interaction of users in VR environments on differents visualization devices from a virtual tour application developed in WebXR. In order to fulfill it, a literature search was carried out on related works to identify peculiarities in the development of VR environments and appropriate evaluation techniques to achieve the objective. So, we developed a virtual tour in website format for UNIPAMPA Campus Alegrete and a detailed protocol to testing with users in VR in order to allow the assessment of interaction quality. As results of this work, we identified that the Gear VR device had the best score in the Suitability Evaluation Questionnaire (SEQ) and the second best time to finish the tasks, even though it had no significant difference with the others. The Cardboard device had a significant difference when comparated with others devices, due to its lower SEQ score. Regarding the time to perform the tasks, the Computer device presented to be more efficient when compared to the others devices, so it is the fastest device to perform tour tasks.