Title :
User interface design for virtual reality: a research tool for tracking navigation
Author :
Vila, Joaquin ; Beccue, Barbara ; Furness, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Comput. Sci., Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL, USA
Abstract :
In the rapidly developing area of user interface design (UID), the existing knowledge and understanding of UID serves as a basis for further research and study of factors affecting users as they interact with interfaces that utilize the technology of multimedia, virtual reality and intelligent agents. Navigation is one of the factors that is being investigated to help designers develop user interfaces that are effective and efficient for the users. This paper describes a web-based navigation tool developed to support research into factors that affect navigational decisions in a virtual reality environment. The tool, VR Navigation Research Tool (VRNRT), allows the design and exploration of three-dimensional worlds and provides for navigational tracking. When using VRNRT, the structure of the virtual worlds is confined to 3D mazes. VRNRT enables researchers to customize experiments that allow for testing a subject´s navigational and spatial behavior
Keywords :
Internet; human factors; interactive systems; software tools; user interface management systems; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D mazes; Internet; VR Navigation Research Tool; VRNRT; intelligent agents; multimedia; navigational decisions; navigational tracking; research tool; spatial behavior; three-dimensional worlds; user interface design; virtual reality; web-based navigation tool; Computer science; Electronic mail; Human computer interaction; Information systems; Intelligent agent; Microcomputers; Navigation; Testing; User interfaces; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8255-8
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1998.654806
