Navigation in 3D virtual environments: Effects of user experience and location-pointing navigation aids

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 945-958

  Burigat, Stefano ^a   Chittaro, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Navigation aids; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NAVIGATION AIDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34548422826     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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