前進後退と跳躍および回転が可能な足踏み型仮想空間移動インタフェース

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While a walk-in-place locomotion interface which uses human steps has the advantages of being smaller devices as well as allowing users to intuitively control speed, previous methods are limited to forward motion, and has other problems such as time lags and a tendency to be easily damaged. The current research uses two wireless accelerometers attached to the user's hips, and a geomagnetic sensor attached to the user's trunk to allow intuitive control of stepping forward/backward, jumping and change of direction through the user's actual actions of stepping forward/backward, jumping and body-twisting. We report the algorithms used, as well as a prototype system built for the present research.