COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces

Danhua Zhang; Malik Khadar; Brett Schumacher; Madhava Raveendra; Sam Adeniyi; Fei Wu; Sahar Aseeri; Evan Suma Rosenberg

doi:10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00231

COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces

Danhua Zhang, Malik Khadar, Brett Schumacher, Madhava Raveendra, Sam Adeniyi, Fei Wu, Sahar Aseeri, Evan Suma Rosenberg

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Social distancing is currently the most effective known countermeasure against the rapid proliferation of the virus that causes COVID-19. This project aims to encourage mindfulness about maintaining interpersonal distance in shared public spaces through a multi-user virtual reality experience that simulates shopping in a grocery store. The virtual environment is populated with non-player characters that navigate through the store and also supports up to 20 concurrent live users represented as avatars. Real-time feedback is implemented using a dynamic visual effect that reacts to physical proximity, and comparative performance metrics are also provided for users to reflect on after the task is completed.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	697-698
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780738113678
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00231
State	Published - Mar 2021
Event	2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021 - Virtual, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: Mar 27 2021 → Apr 3 2021

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Name	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021

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Conference	2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Virtual, Lisbon
Period	3/27/21 → 4/3/21

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2029535.

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© 2021 IEEE.

Keywords

Computer graphics
Computing methodologies
Graphics systems and interfaces
Human computer interaction (HCI)
Human-centered computing
Interaction paradigms
Virtual reality

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Zhang, D., Khadar, M., Schumacher, B., Raveendra, M., Adeniyi, S., Wu, F., Aseeri, S., & Rosenberg, E. S. (2021). COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces. In Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021 (pp. 697-698). Article 9419275 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00231

COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces. / Zhang, Danhua; Khadar, Malik; Schumacher, Brett et al.
Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. p. 697-698 9419275 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Zhang, D, Khadar, M, Schumacher, B, Raveendra, M, Adeniyi, S, Wu, F, Aseeri, S & Rosenberg, ES 2021, COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces. in Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021., 9419275, Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 697-698, 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021, Virtual, Lisbon, Portugal, 3/27/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00231

Zhang D, Khadar M, Schumacher B, Raveendra M, Adeniyi S, Wu F et al. COVID-Vision: A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces. In Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2021. p. 697-698. 9419275. (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021). doi: 10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00231

Zhang, Danhua ; Khadar, Malik ; Schumacher, Brett et al. / COVID-Vision : A virtual reality experience to encourage mindfulness of social distancing in public spaces. Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. pp. 697-698 (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021).

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