Effects of perspective elevation and environmental geometry on representation of a virtual room space

Virtual Reality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-35

  Luo, Zhiqiang ^a   Duh, Benry Been Lirn ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Perspective elevation; Spatial representation; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL COORDINATES; ELEVATION ANGLES; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; PERSPECTIVE ELEVATION; SITUATION AWARENESS; SPATIAL JUDGMENTS; SPATIAL LAYOUTS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATION; VERTICAL DIMENSIONS; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL ROOMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 60149110174     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-008-0095-9     Document Type: Article

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