VR Ski Coach

Ski training is difficult because of environmental requirements and teaching methods. Therefore, we propose a virtual reality ski training system using an indoor ski simulator. Users can control the skis in the virtual slope and train their skills with a replay of a professional skier. The training system consists of three modules: a coach replay system for reviewing pro-skiers’s motion; a time control system that can be used to watch the detailed motion in preferred speed; and a visualization of the angle of the skis to compare the difference between the users and the coach.

Papers:

• Takayuki Nozawa, Erwin Wu, Hideki Koike: VR Ski Coach: Indoor Ski Training System Visualizing Difference from Leading Skier, Proc. on IEEE VR 2018, (Best Research Demonstration Runner-up Award)
• Takayuki Nozawa, Erwin Wu, Florian Perteneder, and Hideki Koike. 2019. Visualizing expert motion for guidance in a VR ski simulator. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Posters (SIGGRAPH '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 64, 2 pages.(PDF)
• Erwin Wu, Florian Perteneder, Hideki Koike, and Takayuki Nozawa. 2019. How to VizSki: Visualizing Captured Skier Motion in a VR Ski Training Simulator. In The 17th International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry (VRCAI ’19). Article 5, 1–9. (ACM DL)