Ruddle, RA, Payne, SJ and Jones, DM (1999) The effects of maps on navigation and search strategies in very-large-scale virtual environments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 5 (1). 54 - 75. ISSN 1076-898X
Abstract
Participants used maps and other navigational aids to search desktop (nonimmersive) virtual environments (VEs) for objects that were small and not visible on a global map that showed the whole of a VE and its major topological features. Overall, participants searched most efficiently when they simultaneously used both the global map and a local map that showed their immediate surroundings and the objects' positions. However, after repeated searching, the global map on its own became equally effective. When participants used the local map on its own, their spatial knowledge developed in a manner that was previously associated with learning from a within-environment perspective rather than a survey perspective. Implications for the use of maps as aids for VE navigation are discussed.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Authors/Creators: |
|
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 1999, American Psychological Association. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. |
Dates: |
|
Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Computing (Leeds) > Institute for Computational and Systems Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Sep 2013 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 03:04 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1076-898X.5.1.54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/1076-898X.5.1.54 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76427 |