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Mon 11 Oct 2021 15:00 - 15:10 - Lowering the Floor for Creative Expression Chair(s): John Grundy

Recent advances in Virtual Reality (VR) technology and the increased availability of VR-equipped devices enable a wide range of consumer-oriented applications. For novice developers, however, creating interactive scenes for VR applications is a complex and cumbersome task that requires high technical knowledge which is often missing. This hinders the potential of enabling novices to create, modify, and execute their own interactive VR scenes. Although recent authoring tools for interactive VR scenes are promising, most of them focus on expert professionals as the target group and neglect the novices with low programming knowledge. To lower the entry barrier, we provide an open-source web-based End-User Development (EUD) tool, called VREUD, that supports the rapid construction and execution of interactive VR scenes. Concerning construction, VREUD enables the specification of the VR scene including interactions and tasks. Furthermore, VREUD supports the execution and immersive experience of the created interactive VR scenes on VR head-mounted displays. Based on a user study, we have analyzed the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction of VREUD which shows promising results to empower novices in creating their interactive VR scenes.

Mon 11 Oct

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15:00 - 15:40
Lowering the Floor for Creative ExpressionResearch Papers
Chair(s): John Grundy Monash University
15:00
10m
Paper
VREUD - An End-User Development Tool to Simplify the Creation of Interactive VR ScenesFull paper
Research Papers
Enes Yigitbas Paderborn University, Germany, Jonas Klauke Paderborn University, Sebastian Gottschalk Paderborn University, Gregor Engels Paderborn University
15:10
10m
Paper
Preserving Hand-Drawn Qualities in Audiovisual Performance Through Sketch-Based InteractionFull paper
Research Papers
Samuelle Bourgault University of California Santa Barbara, Jennifer Mary Jacobs University of California, Santa Barbara
15:20
10m
Short-paper
Interactive Fiction Creation in Villanelle: Understanding and Supporting the Author ExperienceShort paper
Research Papers
John Bacher North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University
15:30
10m
Short-paper
Scaffolding Game Design: Towards tool support for planning open-ended projects in an introductory game design classShort paper
Research Papers
Alexander Card North Carolina State University, Wengran Wang North Carolina State University, Chris Martens North Carolina State University, Thomas Price North Carolina State University