Navigation and orientation in 3D user interfaces: The impact of navigation aids and landmarks

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-395

  Parush, Avi ^a   Berman, Dafna ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

LEARNING TRANSFER; SPATIAL COGNITION; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 3242699662     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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