Phil Wieland

Institute of Psychology
Fliednerstraße 21
D-48149 Münster
Raum Fl138

Phone: 0251-83 34177

Email: phil.wieland@uni-muenster.de

Research Areas

I am interested in the interplay between the various sensomotoric inputs
during navigation and their contribution to the human representation of the
environment. I use Virtual Reality and Redirected Walking to violate the
natural connection between visual and motoric inputs during real walking.
Redirected Walking was developed to overcome the problem of virtual
environments being bigger than the tracked space. Gains are applied to user
movements, so that, for example, a body turn of 90 degrees in the real world
equals a rotation of 120 degrees in the virtual world. Without being noticed
the user can be reoriented and kept within the tracked space. The Virtual
Reality setup comprises a ProView SR80 Head Mounted Display, an InertiaCube 3
and a PPT Tracking System in a 10 x 7 m large room.

Selected Publications

Bruder, G., Steinicke, S., & Wieland, P. (2011). Self-Motion Illusions in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments. Poceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality, IEEE-VR, 39-46.

Academic CV

2003-2005	Studies in Psychology, Saarland University
2005-2006	Exchange Student, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
2006–2009	Studies in Psychology, University of Muenster
2009	Diploma thesis (Bachelor/Master), Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, Title: Perceptual filling-in of artificial scotomas in optic flow fields (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lappe)
2010	Beginning of PhD research project, Institute of Psychology, University of Muenster