The effects of immersion and navigation on the acquisition of spatial knowledge of abstract data networks

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1737-1746

  Henry, James A G ^a   Polys, Nicholas F ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D navigation; Immersion; User studies; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CELL SIGNALING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; NAVIGATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

3D NAVIGATION; CAVE AUTOMATIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; IMMERSION; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENTITIES; USER STUDY;

ABSTRACT DATA TYPES;

EID: 78650289046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2010.04.195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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