WeaVR: a self-contained and wearable immersive virtual environment simulation system

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 296-307

  Hodgson, Eric ^a   Bachmann, Eric R ^a   Vincent, David ^a   Zmuda, Michael ^a   Waller, David ^a   Calusdian, James ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Postgraduate School   (United States)

Author keywords

Immersive virtual reality; Motion tracking; Navigation; Redirected walking; Spatial cognition; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WALKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WALKING;

EID: 84938056639     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-014-0463-1     Document Type: Article

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