A Feedback-Controlled Interface for Treadmill Locomotion in Virtual Environments

ACM Transactions on Applied Perception

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-

  Woods, Russell L ^a   Peli, Eli ^a   Lichtenstein, Lee ^a   Barabas, James ^b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Human Factors; Locomotion; low vision; Measurement; speed matching; treadmill

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024278685     PISSN: 15443558     EISSN: 15443965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1227134.1227141     Document Type: Article

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