IGUANA: Immersive Guidance, Navigation, and Control for Consumer UAV

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Abstract

As the markets for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and mixed reality (MR) headsets continue to grow, recent research has increasingly explored their integration, which enables more intuitive, immersive, and situationally aware control systems. We present IGUANA, an MR-based immersive guidance, navigation, and control system for consumer UAVs. IGUANA introduces three key elements beyond conventional control interfaces: (1) a 3D terrain map interface with draggable waypoint markers and live camera preview for high-level control, (2) a novel spatial control metaphor that uses a virtual ball as a physical analogy for low-level control, and (3) a spatial overlay that helps track the UAV when it is not visible with the naked eye or visual line of sight is interrupted. We conducted a user study to evaluate our design, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and found that (1) the 3D map interface is intuitive and easy to use, relieving users from manual control and suggesting improved accuracy and consistency with lower perceived workload relative to conventional dual-stick controller, (2) the virtual ball interface is intuitive but limited by the lack of physical feedback, and (3) the spatial overlay is very useful in enhancing the users’ situational awareness.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelVRST '25: Proceedings of the 2025 31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Redakteure/-innenAnil Batmaz, Mayra Barrera Machuca, Francisco Ortega, Daniel Zielasko, Kangsoo Kim, Rick Skarbez, Lucas Plabst, Amy Banić, Mine Stroppa
Herausgeber (Verlag)Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Seiten1–11
Seitenumfang11
ISBN (Print)9798400721182
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 4 Dez. 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

Titel31st ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology
KurztitelVRST 2025
Veranstaltungsnummer31
Dauer12 - 14 November 2025
Webseite
BekanntheitsgradInternationale Veranstaltung
OrtHyatt Hotel Montreal
StadtMontreal
LandKanada

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-8923-6284/work/199215763
ORCID /0000-0002-3513-6448/work/199216637
ORCID /0009-0000-2369-7371/work/199217900

Schlagworte

Fächergruppen, Lehr- und Forschungsbereiche, Fachgebiete nach Destatis

Schlagwörter

  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Drone, Spatial User Interface, 3D User Interface, Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality