Evaluation of wayfinding aids in virtual environment

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Wu, Anna ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Xiaolong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SYSTEM; PRESENTATION STYLE; SPATIAL ABILITIES; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE; SURVEY KNOWLEDGE; USERS' SATISFACTIONS; WAYFINDING TASKS;

ANIMATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 60849110284     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447310802537582     Document Type: Article

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