Evaluating design guidelines for reducing user disorientation in a desktop virtual environment

Virtual Reality

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-62

  Smith, Shamus P ^a,c   Marsh, Tim ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design guidelines; Evaluation study; Navigation; User disorientation; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144494856     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-004-0137-x     Document Type: Article

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