From bowman@cc.gatech.edu Thu Jul 9 12:23:18 1998 Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA10848 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:23:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (acfF65uFrJ+YcIKulXHpx2LQT4exe7k1@[128.95.73.60]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA07955 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:23:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (root@burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by wheaten.hitl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA19269 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:22:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lennon.cc.gatech.edu (bowman@lennon.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.9.20]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA07928 for <3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu>; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:22:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from bowman@localhost) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.8.4/8.6.9) id MAA10819 for 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:22:49 -0400 (EDT) From: bowman@cc.gatech.edu (Doug Bowman) Message-Id: <199807091622.MAA10819@lennon.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: comparing travel techniques for spatial orientation (fwd) To: 3d-ui@hitl.washington.edu (3D UI List) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:22:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Status: RO Hi all, This message was sent to me by Max Wells at the HIT lab in Seattle. There are some interesting URLs below referring to a paper describing an experiment along the same lines as the one we've been discussing. Doug A while back, Max Wells wrote: > Suzanne Weghorst copied me on some of your e mail exchanges on spatial > awareness. Barry Peterson, a recent Masters student (currently looking for > a job, hint, hint) completed an experiment and wrote it up for the Human > Factors Conference this autumn. The paper (Peterson, Wells, Furness, > Hunt - The effects of the interface on navigation in virtual environments) > is on our web site at: > > http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-98-5/r-98-5.pdf > > We're still working on the HTML version, it's URL should be: > > http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-98-5/ > > > Here's the abstract: > Thirty participants explored two virtual mazes. Half of the participants > used a hand-controller (joystick); the other half used the Virtual Motion > Controller (VMC), a body-controller interface. Maneuvering performance, > as measured by the precision with which subjects followed a marked route, > was slightly better with the joystick. Route learning, as measured by the > subjects' ability to replicate the route, was the same for both devices. > Survey knowledge, or the ability to form a mental map of the space and to > use it to find alternative routes was significantly better with the VMC. > This enhancement in performance was conditional on maze difficulty. The > more difficult the maze the greater was the performance benefit of using > the VMC. The experiment provided evidence that an interface that uses the > body may enhance certain components of navigation in virtual environments. > > We are about to complete another experiment to answer the vision question > raised by the first experiment. > > The Spatial Awareness Group has a regular meeting on Tuesdays at 2pm. > Despite our acronym it's pretty lively. I believe Doug has seen the VMC, > and Jeff, you're welcome to come over and have a look (you too Doug, but > the commutes a bit tough) or join our group discussions. > > > Regards > > Max -- Doug Bowman, Ph.D. Candidate College of Computing, GVU Center, Georgia Tech Room 388 CRB, (404) 894-5104 bowman@cc.gatech.edu http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/Phd/Doug.Bowman/