Virtual Reality Operating System Virtual Reality Operating System

Sammanfattning: New virtual reality (VR) technology has been developed and is reaching a broader consumer-basethan ever before. However, no consumer operating system (OS) has been released optimized forVR. In this project, a concept VR OS user interface (UI) was developed, and different interactionpatterns were developed and evaluated. Several concept applications were developed and evaluatedin user tests. The project resulted in a concept VR UI application with basic OS features suchas viewing files and opening programs. The tests conducted suggest that some interactions, suchas throwing away programs to close them and opening programs through a hand menu with 3Dicons, are efficient. The tests also suggest that new interaction patterns for interacting with legacy2D applications in VR should be researched.