Using smartphone technology to deliver a virtual pedestrian environment: usability and validation

Virtual Reality

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 145-152

  Schwebel, David C ^a   Severson, Joan ^b   He, Yefei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Digital Artefacts LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury; Mobile smartphone; Pedestrian; Safety; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; EDUCATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; SIGNAL ENCODING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONVERGENT VALIDITY; INJURY; MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR SICKNESS;

SMARTPHONES;

EID: 85006098519     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-016-0304-x     Document Type: Article

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