Visual and Proprioceptive Evaluation for Virtual Bicycle Ride

A serious trouble of virtual bicycle ride has to be faced currently, that is the visual information of scene motion perceived by riders doesn’t synchronize with the proprioceptive information of actual ride. This phenomenon makes riders deeply depressing in immersion and interaction. This paper proposes three different interpolation algorithms of Catmull- Rom curve to evaluate the consistency of visual and proprioceptive perceptions for virtual bicycle ride. Experimental results show that the realtime interpolation algorithm of Catmull-Rom curve shall help to match visual and proprioceptive perceptions, and improve the immersion and interaction of virtual bicycle ride.