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arXiv · 2511.12251

Locomotion in CAVE: Enhancing Immersion through Full-Body Motion

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Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) is one of the virtual reality (VR) immersive devices currently used to present virtual environments. However, the locomotion methods in the CAVE are limited by unnatural interaction methods, severely hindering the user experience and immersion in the CAVE. We proposed a locomotion framework for CAVE environments aimed at enhancing the immersive locomotion experience through optimized human motion recognition technology. Firstly, we construct a four-sided display CAVE system, then through the dynamic method based on Perspective-n-Point to calibrate the camera, using the obtained camera intrinsics and extrinsic parameters, and an action recognition architecture to get the action category. At last, transform the action category to a graphical workstation that renders display effects on the screen. We designed a user study to validate the effectiveness of our method. Compared to the traditional methods, our method has significant improvements in realness and self-presence in the virtual environment, effectively reducing motion sickness.

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Xiaohui Li, Xiaolong Liu, Zhongchen Shi, Wei Chen, Liang Xie, Meng Gai, Jun Cao, Suxia Zhang, Erwei Yin. 2025-11-15. Locomotion in CAVE: Enhancing Immersion through Full-Body Motion. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5626635

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