Technological Considerations in the Design of Multisensory Virtual Environments: How Real Does It Need to Be?

Simpson, Brian D.; Cowgill, Jeffrey L.; Gilkey, Robert H.; Weisenberger, Janet M.

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“…Similar research has shown that the main characteristic of successful scanning is being systematic, which leads to improved learning of useful information (Geruschat & Smith, 1997). Previous research on using VEs for spatial exploration has depicted individuals’ difficulties and unsuccessful performance of subsequent orientation tasks in RS (Munro, Breaux, Patrey, & Sheldon, 2002). Our previous research (Lahav & Mioduser, 2008; Lahav, Schloerb, Kummar, & Srinivasan, 2011), resembling the current findings, described participants’ ability to manipulate spatial information and proceed confidently and successfully to the target during orientation tasks in RS.…”

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Rehabilitation program integrating virtual environment to improve orientation and mobility skills for people who are blind

Lahav

Schloerb

Srinivasan

2015

Computers & Education

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This paper presents the integration of a virtual environment (BlindAid) in an orientation and mobility rehabilitation program as a training aid for people who are blind. BlindAid allows the users to interact with different virtual structures and objects through auditory and haptic feedback. This research explores if and how use of the BlindAid in conjunction with a rehabilitation program can help people who are blind train themselves in familiar and unfamiliar spaces. The study, focused on nine participants who were congenitally, adventitiously, and newly blind, during their orientation and mobility rehabilitation program at the Carroll Center for the Blind (Newton, Massachusetts, USA). The research was implemented using virtual environment (VE) exploration tasks and orientation tasks in virtual environments and real spaces. The methodology encompassed both qualitative and quantitative methods, including interviews, a questionnaire, videotape recording, and user computer logs. The results demonstrated that the BlindAid training gave participants additional time to explore the virtual environment systematically. Secondly, it helped elucidate several issues concerning the potential strengths of the BlindAid system as a training aid for orientation and mobility for both adults and teenagers who are congenitally, adventitiously, and newly blind.

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Rehabilitation program integrating virtual environment to improve orientation and mobility skills for people who are blind

Lahav

Schloerb

Srinivasan

2015

Computers & Education

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“…Therefore virtual environments involving these types of interactions can reveal valuable cognitive information such as the effects of exercise on spatial tasks (Herting and Nagel 2012), spatial abilities (Waller 2005) and spatial cognition (Lin et al 2012). Virtual environments may also be well suited to the assessment of learning, since they can test the ability to learn and react to a new environment by executing a series of actions (such as moving within the environment or shifting objects) to attaining a goal (Munro et al 2002). Therefore virtual environments may complement traditional formats of human performance assessment.…”

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VR systems for memory assessment and depth perception

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“…The additional cognitive processing required for perception of the virtual environment and the navigation actions can tie up cognitive processing resources, reducing the effective deployment of higher level cognitive processing functions [12]. Depending on the spatial abilities of the user, and the veracity of the environment, users can easily become lost, disoriented and unmotivated.…”

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Evaluating Distributed Cognitive Resources for Wayfinding in a Desktop Virtual Environment

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Hart

3D User Interfaces (3DUI'06)

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Technological Considerations in the Design of Multisensory Virtual Environments: How Real Does It Need to Be?

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Rehabilitation program integrating virtual environment to improve orientation and mobility skills for people who are blind

Rehabilitation program integrating virtual environment to improve orientation and mobility skills for people who are blind

VR systems for memory assessment and depth perception

Evaluating Distributed Cognitive Resources for Wayfinding in a Desktop Virtual Environment

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