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Lucia A Cherep¹, Jonathan W Kelly¹, Anthony Miller¹

¹Department of Psychology.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied

|January 6, 2022

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Virtual reality navigation using teleporting interfaces reveals distinct user profiles. Spatial abilities, particularly perspective-taking, significantly influence navigation performance and susceptibility to disorientation in virtual environments.

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Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Cognitive Psychology
Virtual Reality

Background:

Virtual reality (VR) enables virtual environment (VE) exploration but is limited by physical obstacles.
Teleporting interfaces allow users to navigate VEs by selecting a destination, bypassing self-motion constraints.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate individual differences in VR navigation performance using teleporting interfaces.
To determine if spatial ability and other individual characteristics correlate with navigation proficiency.
To identify distinct user profiles based on navigation performance and environmental cues.

Main Methods:

Participants navigated VEs with varying landmarks using walking, partially concordant teleporting, and discordant teleporting interfaces.
A triangle completion task assessed navigation accuracy.
Latent profile analysis identified user groups based on performance.

Main Results:

Three distinct navigation profiles emerged: high performers, those improving with landmarks, and consistently poor performers.
Individual characteristics like gender, spatial ability, and perspective-taking varied across profiles.
Perspective-taking ability was the sole significant differentiator across all three identified profiles.

Conclusions:

Navigation performance in VR teleporting is linked to individual spatial cognitive abilities.
Perspective-taking is a key factor in understanding and predicting disorientation in virtual environments.
This research offers a framework for identifying users prone to disorientation in VR settings.