Immersive virtual environment technology to supplement environmental perception, preference and behavior research: A review with applications

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11486-11505

  Smith, Jordan W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Experimental control; Experimental research; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKFLOW; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84941341238     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120911486     Document Type: Article

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