Effects of variation in system responsiveness on user performance in virtual environments

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-414

  Watson, Benjamin ^a,b   Walker, Neff ^b,c,d   Ribarsky, William ^b,e   Spaulding, Victoria ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

^d UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0031741010     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779591287     Document Type: Article

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