The role of Depth and Gestalt cues in information-rich virtual environments

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 30-51

  Polys, Nicholas F ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^a   North, Chris ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmented cognition; Information theory; Information visualization; Psychology of perception; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED COGNITION; DATA REPRESENTATIONS; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DESIGN SPACES; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; MENTAL MODEL; MULTIDIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY OF PERCEPTION; TEXT LABELS; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649733255     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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