The use of virtual environments based on a modification of the computer game Quake III Arena® in psychological experimenting

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2026-2039

  Frey, Andreas ^a   Hartig, Johannes ^b   Ketzel, André ^b   Zinkernagel, Axel ^a   Moosbrugger, Helfried ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer games; Experimental psychology; Virtual environment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CYBERNETICS; DATA ACQUISITION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COMPUTER GAMES; CYBERSICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33846640778     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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