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Exploring the Symbiotic Collaboration Paradigm in Virtual Reality and Its Potential Applications to Human Spaceflight

Authors Florian Dufresne , Geoffrey Gorisse , Olivier Christmann

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  • Human-centered computing → Virtual reality
  • Human-centered computing → Collaborative interaction
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  • Virtual Reality
  • Co-Embodiment
  • Human Spaceflight
  • Supervised Training
  • On-field Activities

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Abstract

As the quest to go back to the Moon and beyond continues, preparation for such critical missions relies in part on the use of immersive technologies. Especially, Virtual Reality (VR) unique affordances allow to simulate scenarios in a convincing digitally recreated space. But the potential of VR is not limited to solely emulating real-world environments. Indeed, some works from the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community explored new ways to collaborate virtually by inhabiting the same virtual representation, namely an avatar. Taking this paradigm further, one could offer new ways to collaborate between an immersed VR user and an external supervisor being granted access to the virtual environment by way of non-immersive devices like a computer or a smartphone. The non-immersed user could for instance inhabit some body parts of the VR user’s avatar to benefit from unique viewpoints and leverage mutual spatial awareness, as well as social interactions, alike a symbiotic relationship that benefits both actors. Therefore, this paper introduces our on-going research project exploring this new paradigm of symbiotic co-embodiment as a tool leveraging social presence during supervised embodied sessions in VR. It especially discusses how this paradigm could benefit human spaceflight, both in mission preparation and during spaceflight.

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Florian Dufresne, Geoffrey Gorisse, and Olivier Christmann. Exploring the Symbiotic Collaboration Paradigm in Virtual Reality and Its Potential Applications to Human Spaceflight. In Advancing Human-Computer Interaction for Space Exploration (SpaceCHI 2025). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 130, pp. 13:1-13:13, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2025) https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.SpaceCHI.2025.13

Author Details

Florian Dufresne
  • Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Laval, France
Geoffrey Gorisse
  • Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Laval, France
Olivier Christmann
  • Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, Laval, France

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