Large displays enhance spatial knowledge of a virtual environment

Proceedings - APGV 2006: Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-62

  Bakdash, Jonathan Z ^a   Augustyn, Jason S ^b   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Display size; Immersion; Navigation; Presence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR POINTING ERROR; EGOCENTRIC TASKS; IMMERSIVE NATURE; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE;

DATA ACQUISITION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; TARGET TRACKING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34250722532     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1140491.1140503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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