Usability Evaluation of Intuitive Interactions in Virtual Environments

Virtual reality (VR) has rapidly evolved into a transformative technology with vast potential for applications in diverse domains, from entertainment to education and health care. One of the critical challenges in harnessing the full power of VR lies in creating seamless and intuitive interactions between users and virtual environments. This paper explores the concept of intuitive interaction in VR, aiming to enhance user engagement and overall user experience by comparing three developed VR and augmented reality (AR) applications. The role of hand tracking, controllers, and haptic feedback in immersion and sense of presence is examined. Ten participants use each of the applications without any instructions on the interaction. Usability is measured for the experienced applications by the users. Results showcase the best ease of use and usable application with intuitive interaction and visual fidelity. The results emphasize the need for naturalistic and user-friendly interactions with interfaces for widespread audiences of VR. The immersion and the sense of presence are obtained through qualitative feedback from the participants and showcase the need for visual and audio fidelity along with intuitive interactions to induce immersion and presence.