A study of the effects of immersion on short-term spatial memory

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2010, Pages 582-587

  Johnson, Eric ^a   Adamo Villani, Nicoletta ^b  

^a Graphics programmer with Media Sauce Inc   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersion; Spatial memory; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

DESKTOP COMPUTER; IMMERSION; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; TANK SYSTEM; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 78651555513     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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