Analyzing the effect of a virtual avatar's geometric and motion fidelity on ego-centric spatial perception in immersive virtual environments

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 59-66

  Ries, Brian ^a   Interrante, Victoria ^a   Kaeding, Michael ^a   Phillips, Lane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Head mounted displays; Immersive virtual environments; Presence; Spatial perception; Virtual avatars

Indexed keywords

COST-SAVING; DISTANCE ESTIMATION; FULL BODY; HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS; HIGH FIDELITY; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MOTION CUES; MOTION FIDELITY; SINGLE POINT; SMALL SPHERES; SPATIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIANGLE MESH; VIRTUAL AVATAR; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 74949110825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1643928.1643943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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