A Demonstration of FaceDisplay: Asymetric Multi-User Interaction for Mobile VR

Mobile VR HMDs enable users to experience virtual reality content in a variety of nomadic scenarios, excluding all the people in the surrounding (Non-HMD Users) and reducing them to be sole bystanders. This leads to a scenario where the HMD User experiences a sense of isolation and the Non-HMD Users a sense of exclusion. To battle these phenomena we present FaceDisplay, a modified VR HMD consisting of three touch sensitive displays and a depth camera attached to its back. This allows Non-HMD User to see inside the immersed users virtual world and enable them to interact via touch and gestures. We built a VR HMD prototype consisting of three additional screens and present interaction techniques and an example application that leverage the FaceDisplay design space.