Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment

Anna Wu; Wei Zhang; Bo Hu; Xiaolong Zhang

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_78

Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment

Anna Wu, Wei Zhang, Bo Hu, Xiaolong Zhang

College of Information Sciences and Technology

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Abstract

It is difficult for a navigator to find a way to a given target location in an unfamiliar environment. Often, wayfinding guidance such as an overview map is provided to assist the navigator. However, overview maps can only show survey knowledge at one particular scale, and cannot provide other kinds of spaital knowledge (e.g. procedure knowledge) or survey knowledge at different scales. In this study, we compared effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction of three wayfinding aids, View-in-View Map (VVM), Animation Guide (AG) and Human-System Collaboration (HSC) in support of navigation in virtual reality. Our experiment results show that while an overview still outperforms AG and HSC, AG serves better for most people with ordinary spatial ability and people with superior spatial ability tends to perform better using HSC.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publication	Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	700-709
Number of pages	10
Edition	PART 2
ISBN (Print)	9783540731061
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_78
State	Published - 2007
Event	12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2007 - Beijing, China Duration: Jul 22 2007 → Jul 27 2007

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 2
Volume	4551 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2007
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	7/22/07 → 7/27/07

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Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Wu, A., Zhang, W., Hu, B., & Zhang, X. (2007). Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment. In Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings (PART 2 ed., pp. 700-709). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4551 LNCS, No. PART 2). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_78

Wu, Anna ; Zhang, Wei ; Hu, Bo et al. / Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment. Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2007. pp. 700-709 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2).

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Wu, A, Zhang, W, Hu, B & Zhang, X 2007, Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment. in Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings. PART 2 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 2, vol. 4551 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 700-709, 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, 7/22/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_78

Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment. / Wu, Anna; Zhang, Wei; Hu, Bo et al.
Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings. PART 2. ed. Springer Verlag, 2007. p. 700-709 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4551 LNCS, No. PART 2).

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Wu A, Zhang W, Hu B, Zhang X. Evaluation of wayfinding aids interface in virtual environment. In Human-Computer Interaction: Interaction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings. PART 2 ed. Springer Verlag. 2007. p. 700-709. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 2). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_78

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