Movement Modalities in Virtual Reality: A Case Study from Ocean Rift Examining the Best Practices in Accessibility, Comfort, and Immersion

The visceral immersion of virtual reality (VR) requires that developers rethink how we design, model, and interact with virtual worlds. One of the most important considerations is how the user moves around, and this has led to several movement modalities with various levels of abstraction. In this article, we explore movement modalities in the VR and examine how the various systems differ in terms of accessibility, comfort, and immersion. We then provide a case study on how we used these best practices in developing our underwater safari park experience Ocean Rift, which is one of the most popular VR applications across personal computers and mobile VRs