The magic barrier tape: A novel metaphor for infinite navigation in virtual worlds with a restricted walking workspace

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 155-162

  Cirio, Gabriel ^a   Marchal, Maud ^b   Regia Corte, Tony ^a   Lécuyer, Anatole ^a  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

3D interaction; Hybrid position rate control; Interaction metaphor; Navigation; Walking workspace

Indexed keywords

3D INTERACTIONS; INTERACTION METAPHOR; INTERACTION METAPHORS; NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES; POSITION/RATE CONTROL; RATE CONTROLS; TRACKING PROBLEM; TRAINING SIMULATION; TWO-STATE; VIRTUAL BARRIER; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM; VIRTUAL SCENES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISPLAY DEVICES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 74949110183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1643928.1643965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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