Dynamic Viewpoint Tethering for Navigation in Large-scale Virtual Environments

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1862-1866

  Wang, Wenbi ^a   Milgram, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamically tethered displays; Global awareness; Local guidance; Navigation; Virtual cameras; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICALLY TETHERED DISPLAYS; EGOCENTRIC CONTINUUM; GLOBAL AWARENESS; LOCAL GUIDANCE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VIRTUAL CAMERAS;

AIRCRAFT; CAMERAS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DAMPING; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; TETHERLINES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0442310025     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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