Virtual traditional craft simulation system in mixed reality environment

In a previous study, we implemented a high presence virtual traditional craft system using a head mounted display (HMD) and a mobile traditional craft presentation system using augmented reality (AR). However, the high presence virtual traditional craft system had to construct the different cultural architectures in advance, and the amount of work was enormous. Moreover, the mobile traditional craft presentation system lacks a sense of presence because users experience traditional crafts on the mobile terminal's flat display. Therefore, in this study, we developed a mixed reality (MR) virtual traditional craft simulation system using an HMD. With MR technology, we have overcome the work cost and low presence issues relative to the construction of a virtual reality (VR) space. We conducted a comparative evaluation experiment with 30 subjects to evaluate our proposed system. We obtained high evaluations of the system's presence and applicability; however, several operability issues were identified.