Visual elements influence on navigation in virtual environments

Charlotte Croucher; Vaughan Powell; Andreea Molnar; Wendy Powell

Visual elements influence on navigation in virtual environments

Charlotte Croucher, Vaughan Powell, Andreea Molnar, Wendy Powell

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Virtual rehabilitation often incorporates an element of travel in a virtual environment. Whether patients are transported automatically through the environment, or whether they have navigational control, it is important to understand how the design of the environment itself can supply navigational cues, and how the processing of these cues may influence perception, behaviour and task performance. This paper explores the literature, which might inform application design, and presents a case study using a think-aloud protocol to explore the perception of users to visual cues within a running game. We conclude with some preliminary suggestions for positive and negative navigational cues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assistive Technologies
Editors	Paul Sharkey, Albert Rizzo
Publisher	The University of Reading
Pages	287-290
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7049-1546-6, 9780704915473
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016
Event	11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies - Los Angeles, California, United States Duration: 20 Sept 2016 → 22 Sept 2016 http://www.icdvrat.org/

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Conference	11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies
Abbreviated title	ICDVRAT 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles, California
Period	20/09/16 → 22/09/16
Internet address	http://www.icdvrat.org/

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Croucher, C, Powell, V, Molnar, A & Powell, W 2016, Visual elements influence on navigation in virtual environments. in P Sharkey & A Rizzo (eds), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assistive Technologies. The University of Reading, pp. 287-290, 11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Los Angeles, California, United States, 20/09/16. <http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/66645/>

Visual elements influence on navigation in virtual environments. / Croucher, Charlotte; Powell, Vaughan; Molnar, Andreea et al.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Assistive Technologies. ed. / Paul Sharkey; Albert Rizzo. The University of Reading, 2016. p. 287-290.

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