Developing Prototype of Virtual Reality Application to simulation and control walking player for People Disability

Lalita Santiworarak and Banyapon Poolsawas Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand

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BACKGROUND

Ref: google images search

How is virtual reality used to help the disabled? In numerous ways such as desktop systems with voice activated software, virtual worlds and fully immersive systems where the person is able to navigate a virtual world.

3Data: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 30 Sep 2015

Disabilities StatisticDisabled people with identification statistic by region and gender.Since: 1 November 1994 to 30 September 2015

RegionNumber(person)

Man Woman Total

Bangkok 38,968 31,232 70,200

Region 908,326 775,338 1,683,664

Total 947,294 806,570 1,753,864

Central and East 199,035 163,913 362,948

Northeast 362,968 321,155 684,123

South 109,600 87,232 196,832

North 218,882 190,037 408,919

N/A 17,841 13,001 30,842

Total(Region) 908,326 775,338 1,683,664

4Data: Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, 30 Sep 2015

Disabilities StatisticDisabled people with identification statistic by region and gender.Since: 1 November 1994 to 30 September 2015

❏ Disabilities: All: 1,996,968 person❏ Disabilities: alive: 1,753,864 person❏ Disabilities: dead: 243,104 person

Target of This Research

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Virtual Reality Technology (VR)

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Virtual Reality Technology (VR)

On March 25, 2014, Facebook purchased a company that makes virtual reality headsets, Oculus VR, for $2 billion. Sony announces Project Morpheus (its code name for PlayStation VR), a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4. Google announces Cardboard, a do-it-yourself stereoscopic viewer for smartphones.

Virtual Reality (VR), which can be referred to as immersive multimedia or computer-simulated life, replicates an environment that simulates physical presence in places in the real world or imagined worlds and lets the user interact in that world. Virtual reality artificially creates sensory experiences, which can include sight, hearing, touch, and smell.

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Tools Google CardBoard, CardBoard SDK (C#)

https://www.google.com/get/cardboard

Development Tools

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Tools Unity 3D Game (C#)

Unity3D Game featuresThe "Treasure Hunt" (sample Kit in Cardboard SDK) game starts with instructions rendered as 3D text. Users are instructed to pull the magnet when they find an object.

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Research Methodology

Euclidean Distance Measure

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Algorithms

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Sample Disabled People

Disabled People: 15 People

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The Outcomes

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The Outcomes

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The Outcomes

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The Outcomes

Reference: ww2.kqed.org

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