Navigating Virtual Realms: The Impact of Wearing HMDs on Human Gait
We report on a pilot study on how wearing head-mounted displays (HMDs) can affect gait. Twenty people performed a range of typical walking tasks wearing either an optical (OST) or video see-through (VST) HMD, or no HMD. Motion was measured using an optical motion capture system and inertial measurement units. Participants slowed down and behaved more cautiously when wearing HMDs compared to no HMD, with a significant impact on cumulative knee flexion. The VST system had a significant impact on step cadence and foot height compared to OST.
Authors
- Stephan Lukosch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7203-2034)
- Mark Billinghurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4172-6759)
- Ted Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2932-1516)
- Alexander Stamenkovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1010-9347)
- Arash Mahnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4097-9308)
- Biruthuvan Keeran Balachandran
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- University of Canterbury (NZ)
- Meta (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ismar-adjunct64951.2024.00123
- Primary Topic
- Anatomy and Medical Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00