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Reconstructed Reality: Enabling Teleportation-Based Locomotion in Immersive Telepresence

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: High latency and virtual reality (VR) sickness hinders the mass adoption of telepresence or teleoperated systems utilizing head-mounted displays (HMDs). In immersive telepresence scenarios that use 360 degree cameras to present the remote environment, latencies of up to seconds are expected. Such delays make traditional continuous manual control of these systems difficult. In addition, due to the use of HMDs, users of these systems are prone to VR sickness. We present a novel method to enable an improved telepresence locomotion experience under these constraints. The paper first recounts a previously published article of a prototype design, and then integrates new findings of a realistic use-case, replicating and extending these findings. We conclude that it is highly beneficial to use teleportation through a real-time 3D reconstructed virtual environment as an interface to a physical environment (VEIPE) in embodied immersive telepresence, relative to a standard joystick-based continuous control method.

Source: Research Square

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-11377684/v1

Authors: Eetu Laukka, Steven M. LaValle, Timo Ojala, Matti Pouke

Institution: University of Oulu

Language: English

Topic: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Oulun Yliopisto, Infotech Oulu