Effects of handling real objects and avatar fidelity on cognitive task performance in virtual environments

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 125-132

  Lok, Benjamin ^a   Naik, Samir ^b   Whitton, Mary ^c   Brooks, Frederick P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Avatars; Cognitive science; Engines; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; Libraries; Lubricating oils; Problem solving; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ENGINES; FEEDBACK; HAPTIC INTERFACES; LIBRARIES; LUBRICATING OILS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AVATARS; BLOCK ARRANGEMENT; COGNITIVE CAPACITY; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; COMPUTER GENERATED; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL OBJECTS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

EID: 84941568540     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2003.1191130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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