Disputation von Omar Janeh am 17.01.2020, 15:00 Uhr, Raum G-102

17. Januar 2020, von Reinhard Zierke

Einladung zur hochschulöffentlichen Disputation von
Herrn Omar Janeh

Titel der Dissertation:
Human Gait in Virtual Reality: Analyses & Changes of Gait during Locomotion in Immersive Virtual Environments

Abstract:
Bipedal walking is generally considered to be the most natural and common locomotion technique for humans in the physical world, and the most presence-enhancing form of locomotion in virtual reality (VR). However, there are significant differences in the way people walk in VR compared to their walking behavior in the real world. Consequently, this work focuses on three aspects: (i) analyses and evaluation of the differences in gait parameters between a real and virtual environments across generations, i.e., healthy younger and older adults. (ii) Analyses of changes in velocity over time while walking within virtual and the real worlds with and without additional cognitive task. (iii) Developing different virtual walking manipulation techniques to overcome the pathological spatial asymmetry of Parkinson’s disease patients with respect to step length.

Datum und Uhrzeit: Freitag, 17. Januar 2020 um 15:00 Uhr
Ort: Informatikum, Vogt-Kölln-Straße 30, Raum G-102, 22527 Hamburg
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke

Prof. Dr. Matthias Rarey
Vorsitzender des Fach-Promotionsausschusses Informatik