Panoramic Imagery of Physical Locations inside Immersive Environments

Figure 1. This project aims to create an immersive virtual environment using real-world Google Street View panoramic images and will investigate the effects of changing display modalities on user immersion, spatial awareness, and workload. Immersive environments hold great promise in allowing peo-ple to physically engage with virtual objects and surroundings in a natural and intuitive manner. In this project, we will develop immersive virtual environments using panoramic im-agery of real-world physical locations, and explore the effects of presenting real-world panoramic imagery in immersive en-vironments compared with traditional displays on user spatial awareness, presence, and mental workload