A VR Game

Abstract

Virtual Reality, also known as VR, is becoming more popular and well-known terms to not only to gamers, but also people as well. Virtual Reality game refers to a game that simulates real-life environment for training and education. To play Virtual Reality games, gamers usually need to buy VR goggles to enhance their gaming experiences. With the improvement of technology, electronic devices are becoming more affordable but the price of such goggles is still an issue to a large portion of gamers. By conducting a survey in this study, the result shows that gamers are likely to buy expensive VR equipment, even though most of them think that wearing VR goggles are uncomfortable. However, without the goggles, gamers are not allowed to change in-game perspectives. To solve the above problem, a new approach to creating VR game is needed. For this approach, gamers no longer need to own and use goggles. With the improvement and enhancement of face tracking technology, computers are able to detect both the face position and face orientation so that the game camera perspective can be adjusted accordingly. To achieve this result, a study of face tracking technology and algorithm is conducted. The performance of face tracking program is acceptable with around 50 to 60 frames per second. This tracking movement is considered as smooth. The data is then sent to the game software and used to adjust the built-in scene camera. This creates the same real-life environment without requiring a pair of goggles. There are more and more gamers playing Virtual Reality games. With this approach, the cost of playing VR game is greatly reduced. They need not buy expensive equipment in order to increase their gaming experiences anymore. Furthermore, without goggles, gamers will not feel uncomfortable as well. For further study and development, the performance of face tracking algorithm can be enhanced, and this technology can be applied to other fields.