Navigating large-scale "desk-top" virtual buildings: Effects of orientation aids and familiarity

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-192

  Ruddle, Roy A ^a   Payne, Stephen J ^a   Jones, Dylan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038980925     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474698565668     Document Type: Article

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