• DocumentCode
    3597758
  • Title

    Tech-note: Vtrail: Supporting trailblazing in virtual environments

  • Author

    Iaboni, D. ; MacGregor, Carolyn

  • Author_Institution
    Syst. Design Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Lastpage
    86
  • Abstract
    Trails are a proven means of improving performance in virtual environments (VE) but there is very little understanding or support for the role of the trailblazer. The Use-IT Lab is currently designing a tool, the VTrail system, to support trailblazing in VE´s. The objective of this document is to introduce the concept of trailblazing, present the initial prototype for a tool designed specifically to support trailblazing and discuss results from an initial usability study.
  • Keywords
    user interfaces; virtual reality; Use-IT Lab; VTrail system; trailblazing; virtual environments; Chromium; Design engineering; Displays; Human factors; Navigation; Prototypes; Systems engineering and theory; Usability; User interfaces; Virtual environment; trailblazing; virtual environments; wayfinding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    3D User Interfaces, 2009. 3DUI 2009. IEEE Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3965-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/3DUI.2009.4811209
  • Filename
    4811209