Poster: Evaluation of Wayfinding Aid Techniques in Multi-Level Virtual Environments

Author

Bacim, Felipe ; Trombetta, Andre ; Rieder, Rafael ; Pinho, Marcio

Author_Institution

PUCRS, Porto Alegre

fYear

2008

fDate

8-9 March 2008

Firstpage

143

Lastpage

144

Abstract

This work deals with the evaluation of wayfinding aid techniques in multi-level virtual environments. The evaluation was accomplished through the development of two applications that implement four of the most commonly used wayfinding aid techniques (maps, compasses, landmarks and signs) and tested with two groups of users in two different experiments. The test results showed that compass is the technique which demanded less cognitive effort and that experience with games affects positively the users´ performance.

Keywords

user interfaces; virtual reality; compass technique; landmark technique; map technique; multilevel virtual environments; sign technique; wayfinding aid techniques; Computer graphics; Computer science; Electronic mail; Floors; Multimedia systems; Navigation; Testing; Topology; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information SystemsÂ¿Artificial, Augmented, and Virtual Realities; I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and TechniquesÂ¿Interaction Techniques; Wayfinding aids techniques; navigation in virtual environments; virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces, 2008. 3DUI 2008. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Reno, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2047-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2008.4476608

Filename

4476608