Remote control experiment with displaybowl and 360-degree video

Abstract

DisplayBowl is a bowl-shaped hemispherical display for showing omnidirectional images with direction data. It provides users with a novel way of observing 360-degree video streams, which improves the awareness of the surroundings when operating a remote-controlled vehicle compared to conventional flat displays and HMDs. In this paper, we present a user study, in which we asked participants to control a remote drone using an omnidirectional video streaming, to compare the uniqueness and advantages of three displays: a flat panel display, a head-mounted display and DisplayBowl.