StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms

Majed Al Zayer; Eelke Folmer

doi:10.1145/3270316.3273044

StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms

Majed Al Zayer
, Eelke Folmer

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

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Positional tracking ensures high presence in Virtual Reality (VR). Though mobile VR has a large potential to bring VR to the masses, enabling positional tracking on mobile VR platforms has been a challenge. Existing implementations often rely on computer vision or require special sensors and are often computationally intensive, resulting in a low frame rate and reduced battery life. We present StereoTrack; a 180 ^◦ positional tracking method using acoustic sensing which has a low computational overhead, and is minimalistic in terms of required hardware (a pair of speakers); which may allow for large scale adoption. A number of studies evaluate StereoTrack in terms of precision, accuracy, and effect on overall latency. We test the feasibility of StereoTrack in the context of two games that demonstrate its potential to enhance existing mobile VR interaction options.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	143-154
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3273044
State	Published - 23 Oct 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2018 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018

Publication series

Name	CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Conference

Conference	5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	28/10/18 → 31/10/18

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Keywords

Acoustic tracking
Positional tracking
Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction

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Zayer, M. A., & Folmer, E. (2018). StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms. In CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts (pp. 143-154). (CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3273044

Zayer, Majed Al ; Folmer, Eelke. / StereoTrack : 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms. CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. pp. 143-154 (CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts).

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Zayer, MA & Folmer, E 2018, StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms. in CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 143-154, 5th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2018, Melbourne, Australia, 28/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3273044

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CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. p. 143-154 (CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts).

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

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Zayer MA, Folmer E. StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms. In CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2018. p. 143-154. (CHI PLAY 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts). doi: 10.1145/3270316.3273044

StereoTrack: 180-degree Low-cost Acoustic Positional Tracking for Mobile VR Platforms

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