Head-mounted display versus desktop for 3D navigation in virtual reality: A user study

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-181

  Sousa Santos, Beatriz ^a   Dias, Paulo ^a,b   Pimentel, Angela ^a   Baggerman, Jan Willem ^c   Ferreira, Carlos ^a,d   Silva, Samuel ^a,b   Madeira, Joaquim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Head mounted display (HMD); Navigation; User study; Virtual environments (VE); Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D NAVIGATIONS; APPLICATION AREAS; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS; GAME SCENARIOS; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY (HMD); NAVIGATION TASKS; SET-UPS; SHORT PERIODS; USABILITY EVALUATIONS; USER EVALUATIONS; USER PERFORMANCES; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (VE); VR SYSTEMS;

HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS;

EID: 58049208308     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-008-0223-2     Document Type: Article

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