Symmetry (Nov 2016)

Event-Centered Maze Generation Method for Mobile Virtual Reality Applications

  • Kisung Jeong,
  • Jinmo Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym8110120
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 11
p. 120

Abstract

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This study proposes a method of effectively creating mobile virtual reality scenes centered at events for the purpose of providing new experiences in virtual reality environment to users. For this purpose, this paper uses Prim’s maze generation algorithm to automatically create maze environments that have different patterns every time and to compute mazes with finite paths. This paper designs a scheme of creating virtual reality scenes based on event-centered mazes to maximize users’ tension and immersion. Here, event components that are appropriate for the maze environment are defined and maze patterns are created centered at the event point where events that are appropriate for the maze pattern are automatically created. Finally, the paper analyzes whether the proposed virtual reality scene based on event-centered mazes is helpful in enhancing users’ immersion and arousing their interest through diverse experiments.

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