Maintaining position and display perspective in a walking simulator while self-pacing on a treadmill

Digest of Technical Papers - SID International Symposium

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 295-298

  Lichtenstein, L ^a   Barabas, J ^a,b   Woods, R L ^a   Peli, E ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DISPLAY DEVICES; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK CONTROL; POSITION CONTROL;

FEEDBACK CONTROLLERS; WALKING PACE; WALKING SIMULATORS;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 34547518213     PISSN: 0097966X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1889/1.2433482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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