Wayfinding in virtual environments using an interactive spatial cognitive map

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 574-583

  Ramloll, Rameshsharma ^a   Mowat, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive map; Direct manipulation; Large scale virtual worlds; Subjective workload; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; QUERY PROCESSING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

COGNITIVE MAPS; DIRECT MANIPULATION; SUBJECTIVE WORKLOAD; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WAY-FINDING;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 84949190468     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2001.942113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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