Lifelog exploration prototype in virtual reality

Efficiently exploring large lifelog datasets is the subject of much research in the lifelogging community. In this paper we describe a pioneer lifelog interaction prototype developed for virtual reality. This prototype was created as part of a larger research effort to explore the feasibility and potential of exploring visual lifelogs in virtual environments. In this paper we describe the prototype and its design

Baseline analysis of a conventional and virtual reality lifelog retrieval system

Continuous media capture via a wearable devices is currently one of the most popular methods to establish a comprehensive record of the entirety of an individual's life experience, referred to in the research community as a lifelog. These vast multimodal corpora include visual and other sensor data and are enriched by content analysis, to generate as extensive a record of an individual's life experience. However, interfacing with such datasets remains an active area of research, and despite the advent of new technology and a plethora of competing mediums for processing digital information, there has been little focus on newly emerging platforms such as virtual reality. In this work, we suggest that the increase in immersion and spatial dimensions provided by virtual reality could provide significant benefits to users when compared to more conventional access methodologies. Hence, we motivate virtual reality as a viable method of exploring multimedia archives (specifically lifelogs) by performing a baseline comparative analysis using a novel application prototype built for the HTC Vive and a conventional prototype built for a standard personal computer

Visual access to lifelog data in a virtual environment

Continuous image capture via a wearable camera is currently one of the most popular methods to establish a comprehensive record of the entirety of an indi- vidual’s life experience, referred to in the research community as a lifelog. These vast image corpora are further enriched by content analysis and combined with additional data such as biometrics to generate as extensive a record of a person’s life as possible. However, interfacing with such datasets remains an active area of research, and despite the advent of new technology and a plethora of com- peting mediums for processing digital information, there has been little focus on newly emerging platforms such as virtual reality. We hypothesise that the increase in immersion, accessible spatial dimensions, and more, could provide significant benefits in the lifelogging domain over more conventional media. In this work, we motivate virtual reality as a viable method of lifelog exploration by performing an in-depth analysis using a novel application prototype built for the HTC Vive. This research also includes the development of a governing design framework for lifelog applications which supported the development of our prototype but is also intended to support the development of future such lifelog systems

Lifelog exploration prototype in virtual reality

Efficiently exploring large lifelog datasets is the subject of much research in the lifelogging community. In this paper we describe a pioneer lifelog interaction prototype developed for virtual reality. This prototype was created as part of a larger research effort to explore the feasibility and potential of exploring visual lifelogs in virtual environments. In this paper we describe the prototype and its design