Presentation 2022-10-06
A Mixed Reality System with Controllable Visibility for Each Real Object to Maintain Focus on Work
Kaito Yokoro, Monica Perusquia-Hernandez, Naoya Isoyama, Hideaki Uchiyama, Kiyoshi Kiyokawa,
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Abstract(in English) Over time, the desks of office workers often get cluttered with documents, items, and other objects that are unrelated to the work being done. These objects become visual noise. Visual noise tends to reduce the worker's concentration on their work. Therefore, it is desirable to have an uncluttered environment to work. We propose a system that uses mixed reality to control the visibility of real objects. To control the visibility of clutter objects, we generated a 3D model from the past depth data of the location where the object is placed. Then, we superimposed the object with a modified visibility. Three methods of visually reducing the prominence of the object were implemented and compared: grayscaling, contouring, and transparency adjustment. In addition, we evaluated user's impressions of the modified visibility of clutter objects. The results showed that the transparency adjustment was perceived as the most comfortable and useful method by the participants.
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Keyword(in English) Visual Noise / Focus Maintenance / Mixed Reality / Work Support System
Paper # MVE2022-22
Date of Issue 2022-09-29 (MVE)

Conference Information
Committee MVE / VRSJ-SIG-MR / IPSJ-EC / HI-SIG-DeMO / VRSJ-SIG-CS
Conference Date 2022/10/6(2days)
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Chair Kiyoshi Kiyokawa(NAIST)
Vice Chair Sumaru Niida(KDDI Research)
Secretary Sumaru Niida(NAIST) / (DNP) / (Univ. of ToKyo) / (NTT)
Assistant Hidehiko Shishido(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Atsushi Nakazawa(Kyoto Univ.) / Naoya Tojo(KDDI Research) / Naoki Hagiyama(NTT)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / SIG-MR / Special Interest Group on Entertainment Computing / Special Interest Group on De-vice Media Oriented UI / SIG-CS
Language JPN
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Title (in English) A Mixed Reality System with Controllable Visibility for Each Real Object to Maintain Focus on Work
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Visual Noise
Keyword(2) Focus Maintenance
Keyword(3) Mixed Reality
Keyword(4) Work Support System
1st Author's Name Kaito Yokoro
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Monica Perusquia-Hernandez
2nd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Naoya Isoyama
3rd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
4th Author's Name Hideaki Uchiyama
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
5th Author's Name Kiyoshi Kiyokawa
5th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2022-10-06
Paper # MVE2022-22
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) MVE-200
Page pp.pp.24-29(MVE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2022-09-29 (MVE)