6 papers
VR4UrbanDev: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experience for Energy Data Visualization
Saeed Safikhani, Georg Arbesser-Rastburg, Anna Schreuer +3
In this demonstration paper, we present our interactive virtual reality (VR) experience, which has been designed to facilitate interaction with energy-related information. This exp…
A Qualitative Investigation to Design Empathetic Agents as Conversation Partners for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Christian Poglitsch, Johanna Pirker
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can profoundly affect reciprocal social communication, resulting in substantial and challenging impairments. One aspect is that for people with ASD c…
Investigating Trading Mechanisms as a Driver for User Experience in Racing Games
Georg Arbesser-Rastburg, Thomas Olip, Johanna Pirker
The exchange of digital goods has become a significant aspect of the global economy, with digital products offering inexpensive reproduction and distribution. In-game objects, a ty…
Project Beyond: An Escape Room Game in Virtual Reality to Teach Building Energy Simulations
Georg Arbesser-Rastburg, Saeed Safikhani, Matej Gustin +3
In recent years, Virtual Reality (VR) has found its way into different fields besides pure entertainment. One of the topics that can benefit from the immersive experience of VR is…
The Application of Procedurally Generated Libraries in Immersive Virtual Reality
Saeed Safikhani, Benedikt Gross, Johanna Pirker
While digital libraries offer essential benefits for the digital age such as constant availability and accessibility, they often fail in providing a similarly enjoyable browsing ex…
A Literature Review and Taxonomy of In-VR Questionnaire User Interfaces
Saeed Safikhani, Lennart Nacke, Johanna Pirker
Previous research demonstrates that the interruption of immersive experiences may lead to a bias in the results of questionnaires. Thus, the traditional way of presenting questionn…