Exploring how a change of equipment affects the experience of virtual reality

• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20420769

Virtual reality (VR) has been one of the hottest topics in the video game area. It seems that both players and the market show extremely high focus on VR. Due to this, VR headset comes with not only traditional controllers, much more equipment was invented to meet the needs of playing different kinds of games. For example, wheel-like controllers for racing games. In this research, a comparative study between different types of equipment of a special VR game, including a self-designed joystick, was made to determine which is more effective to improve the game experience. An analysis of quantitative and qualitative data gathered by surveys was performed on the responses of participants who had played the game and the results are discussed in the paper.--Author's abstract