TY - GEN
T1 - Towards an Emotionally Augmented Metaverse
T2 - 13th Augmented Human International Conference, AH 2022
AU - Angelini, Leonardo
AU - Mecella, Massimo
AU - Liang, Hai Ning
AU - Caon, Maurizio
AU - Mugellini, Elena
AU - Abou Khaled, Omar
AU - Bernardini, Danilo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ACM.
PY - 2022/5/26
Y1 - 2022/5/26
N2 - Several big tech companies are currently eager of building the metaverse, mainly through virtual reality experiences. Albeit immersive, in shared virtual environments it might be difficult to have emotionally rich interactions. Indeed, current available headsets and VR applications have limited possibilities for tracking and sharing emotions. We believe that physiological signal technology could enhance future metaverse applications. In this context, this paper presents a framework for visualizing, recording and synchronizing experiences in VR with human body signals. In order to prove the effectiveness of the system, we illustrate a use case and the development of a proof-of-concept scenario. Finally, we present the results of the tests conducted on this proof-of-concept that demonstrate the validity of the proposed system. Such framework could be used to design new emotionally augmented experiences in VR.
AB - Several big tech companies are currently eager of building the metaverse, mainly through virtual reality experiences. Albeit immersive, in shared virtual environments it might be difficult to have emotionally rich interactions. Indeed, current available headsets and VR applications have limited possibilities for tracking and sharing emotions. We believe that physiological signal technology could enhance future metaverse applications. In this context, this paper presents a framework for visualizing, recording and synchronizing experiences in VR with human body signals. In order to prove the effectiveness of the system, we illustrate a use case and the development of a proof-of-concept scenario. Finally, we present the results of the tests conducted on this proof-of-concept that demonstrate the validity of the proposed system. Such framework could be used to design new emotionally augmented experiences in VR.
KW - Virtual reality
KW - metaverse
KW - physiological signals
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85131351422
U2 - 10.1145/3532530.3532546
DO - 10.1145/3532530.3532546
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:85131351422
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - Proceedings of the 13th Augmented Human International Conference 2022, AH 2022
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 26 May 2022 through 27 May 2022
ER -