Comparing the performance of natural, semi-natural, and non-natural locomotion techniques in virtual reality

2015 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, 3DUI 2015 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 3-10

  Nabiyouni, Mahdi ^a   Saktheeswaran, Ayshwarya ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^a   Karanth, Ambika ^a  

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

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Interaction fidelity; Locomotion interaction; Virtusphere

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EFFECTIVENESS; GAME CONTROLLER; INTERACTION FIDELITY; LOCOMOTION TECHNIQUE; LOW FIDELITIES; NATURAL LOCOMOTIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUSPHERE;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84939151912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/3DUI.2015.7131717     Document Type: Conference Paper

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