AUTHOR=Kangas Jari , Špakov Oleg , Raisamo Roope , Koskinen Olli , Järvenpää Toni , Salmimaa Marja TITLE=Head and Gaze Orientation in Hemispheric Image Viewing JOURNAL=Frontiers in Virtual Reality VOLUME=3 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/articles/10.3389/frvir.2022.822189 DOI=10.3389/frvir.2022.822189 ISSN=2673-4192 ABSTRACT=
Head mounted displays provide a good platform for viewing of immersive 360° or hemispheric images. A person can observe an image all around, just by turning his/her head and looking at different directions. The device also provides a highly useful tool for studying the observer’s gaze directions and head turns. We aimed to explore the interplay between participant’s head and gaze directions and collected head and gaze orientation data while participants were asked to view and study hemispheric images. In this exploration paper we show combined visualizations of both the head and gaze orientations and present two preliminary models of the relation between the gaze and the head orientations. We also show results of an analysis of the gaze and head behavior in relation to the given task/question.