{"id":154,"date":"2019-10-26T20:14:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T00:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monvr.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2019-10-27T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T23:02:10","slug":"dialogue-between-real-and-virtual-space","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monvr.psychologyresearch.co.uk\/index.php\/dialogue-between-real-and-virtual-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue between real and virtual space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heimo Zobernig\u2019s \u2018Spatial approach to Piet Mondrian\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moving on from the proof of concept delivered pilot work demonstrated at VSS and ECVP in 2018\u2019, we developed a revised virtual model that accounts for some minor issues of Mondrian\u2019s \u2018Farbentwurf\u2019, and designed a controlled experiment to collect a substantial data set. For the 2019 exhibition ‘Zukunftsr\u00e4ume’ at the Albertinum in Dresden<\/a><\/strong>, the Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig created a full-scale, free-standing physical model that corresponds to the VR space for one day right next to each other. This offered a unique opportunity to compare eye movements between virtual and real reconstructions of the Mondrian\u2019s salon in individual participants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experimental setup in the Museum Albertinum: a physical reconstruction of Mondrian\u2019s salon (left) is juxtaposed with a VR play area (right: outlined by the dotted line on the ground) in which participants can explore the virtual salon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition provided an opportunity to use a mobile eye tracker (Tobii Glasses 2) and the HTC Vive headset which incorporates an eye-tracker system (Tobii Pro VR Integration) in parallel, to collect gaze data from a set of 31 volunteers who visited the museum, and compare their explorative eye movements in the real and virtual Mondrian room. The overall pattern of eye movements can be illustrated by heat maps that show the probability to fixate particular regions of the two environments in colour code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heat maps showing the probability to fixate particular regions of the two environments in pseudo-colour code (red for fixation peaks) for the real (left) and virtual (right) Mondrian room.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This data set is the basis for quantitative analysis of specific aspects of gaze patterns and questionnaire response<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n