Exploring large virtual environments with an HMD when physical space is limited

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2007, Pages 41-48

  Williams, Betsy ^a   Narasimham, Gayathri ^a   Rump, Bjoern ^a   McNamara, Timothy P ^a   Carr, Thomas H ^a   Rieser, John ^a   Bodenheimer, Bobby ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Space perception; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL SPACES; PHYSICAL SURROUNDINGS; SPACE PERCEPTIONS; SPATIAL AWARENESS;

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; MANIPULATORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TRACKING (POSITION); USER INTERFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 36849059856     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1272582.1272590     Document Type: Conference Paper

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