Effect of Interaction Characteristics of Virtual Environments on Spatial Representation

Author

Wuheng, Zuo ; Baihua, Xu ; Zhilin, Feng ; He, Yuan ; Duanyang, Zhao

Author_Institution

Zhijiang Coll., Zhejiang Univ. of Technol., Hangzhou, China

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

6-7 June 2009

Firstpage

534

Lastpage

536

Abstract

The effect of interaction characteristics such as display size and active/passive navigation on spatial representation was investigated when participants repeatedly navigated complex three-dimensional virtual maze. The study was divided into two main phases: learning and test. Participants navigated respectively under active or passive navigation style and two display sizes condition during learning phase. Spatial representation was examined by testing estimation of directions in the environment. Participants judged more accurately in active navigation and large projection display condition than in passive navigation and desktop monitor condition. Findings further show that the effects of active or passive navigation style and display size on spatial representation are dependent.

Keywords

display devices; navigation; virtual reality; active navigation; desktop monitor; display size; interaction characteristics; learning phase; passive navigation; spatial representation; testing phase; virtual environment; virtual maze; Computational intelligence; Computer displays; Educational institutions; Head; Helium; Navigation; Psychology; Testing; Three dimensional displays; Virtual environment; Spatial representation; large display; navigation; virtual environments;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Natural Computing, 2009. CINC '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3645-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CINC.2009.244

Filename

5231294