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The Omni-Directional Treadmill: A Locomotion Device for Virtual Worlds (1997)
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Darken, Rudolph P. Cockayne, William R. Carmein, David |
| Description | The Omni-Directional Treadmill (ODT) is a revolutionary device for locomotion in large-scale virtual environments. The device allows its user to walk or jog in any direction of travel. It is the third generation in a series of devices built for this purpose for the U.S. Army's Dismounted Infantry Training Program. We first describe the device in terms of its construction and operating characteristics. We then report on an analysis consisting of a series of locomotion and maneuvering tasks on the ODT. We observed user motions and system responses to those motions from the perspective of the user. Each task is described in terms of what causes certain motions to trigger unpredictable responses causing loss of balance or at least causing the user to become consciously aware of their movements. We conclude that the two primary shortcomings in the ODT are its tracking system and machine control mechanism for centering the user on the treads. |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1997-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | System Response Machine Control Mechanism Third Generation Omni-directional Treadmill Certain Motion Virtual World Infantry Training Program Large-scale Virtual Environment U.s. Army Locomotion Device Revolutionary Device Analysis Consisting Unpredictable Response Primary Shortcoming User Motion Operating Characteristic |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
