Target-directed head movements in a head-coupled virtual environment: Predicting the effects of lags using Fitts' law

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 474-486

  So, Richard H Y ^a   Chung, Germen K M ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0033400670     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779611067     Document Type: Article

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