An immersive virtual peer for studying social influences on child cyclists' road-crossing behavior

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-25

  Babu, Sabarish V ^a   Grechkin, Timofey Y ^b   Chihak, Benjamin ^c   Ziemer, Christine ^c   Kearney, Joseph K ^b   Cremer, James F ^b   Plumert, Jodie M ^c  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

3D human computer interaction.; applied perception; Virtual humans; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PERCEPTION; BEHAVIORAL STUDIES; CROSSING INTERSECTIONS; GROSS MOTION; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IMMERSIVE; KEYBOARD INTERFACE; ROAD FOLLOWING; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VERBAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

BICYCLES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEECH; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78449268052     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.211     Document Type: Article

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