Impossible spaces: Maximizing natural walking in virtual environments with self-overlapping architecture

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 555-564

  Suma, Evan A ^a   Lipps, Zachary ^a   Finkelstein, Samantha ^a   Krum, David M ^a   Bolas, Mark ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

perception; redirection.; spatial illusions; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT OVERLAPPING; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTS; NEW DESIGN; OUTDOOR SCENES; REDIRECTION.; SPATIAL ILLUSIONS; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL ROOMS;

EXPERIMENTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; WALKING;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION SICKNESS; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858408746     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2012.47     Document Type: Article

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