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Effects of perspective elevation and environmental geometry on representation of a virtual room space

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Henry Been-Lirn DuhAuthors Info & Claims

Virtual Reality, Volume 13, Issue 1

Pages 27 - 35

Published: 01 March 2009 Publication History

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The present study investigated how perspective elevation and room geometry influenced mental representation of spatial layout in virtual rooms. One virtual rectangular and one virtual cylindrical room were constructed. Subjects observed the spatial layout on the floor from five perspectives along the vertical dimension of each virtual room. Then they judged the direction of objects with respect to egocentric and canonical coordinates. The analysis of spatial judgment indicated that judgment accuracy of vertical direction decreased as the perspective elevated, while global situation awareness was best maintained at the 45° elevation angle. The effect of perspective elevation on judgment of horizontal direction was only found in the rectangular room. Moreover, subjects judged the relative direction between objects more quickly in the cylindrical room than in the rectangular room. Applications of these findings to virtual environment design were discussed.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/11941354_121

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Virtual Reality Volume 13, Issue 1

March 2009

64 pages

ISSN:1359-4338

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Luo ZDuh H(2006)Mental representation of spatial structure in a virtual room-sized spaceProceedings of the 16th international conference on Advances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence10.1007/11941354_121(1166-1174)Online publication date: 29-Nov-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/11941354_121

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