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CHINZ
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
The territory is the map: designing navigational aids
It has been shown that people encounter difficulties in using representations and devices designed to assist navigating unfamiliar terrain. Literature review and self-reported vis...
Nicola J. Bidwell, Christopher Lueg, Jeff Axup
MHCI
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Using Landmarks to Support Older People in Navigation
Although landmarks are an integral aspect of navigation, they have rarely been used within electronic navigation aids. This paper describes the design of a pedestrian navigation ai...
Joy Goodman, Philip D. Gray, Kartik Khammampad, St...
IJRR
2010
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13 years 3 months ago
Design and Analysis of a Portable Indoor Localization Aid for the Visually Impaired
—In this paper, we present the design and analysis of a portable position and orientation (pose) estimation aid for the visually impaired. Our prototype navigation aid consists o...
Joel A. Hesch, Stergios I. Roumeliotis
HICSS
2009
IEEE
153views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
A Comparison of Maps and Signs for Ordered and Unordered Navigation Tasks in Virtual Worlds
Online 3D virtual worlds have many exciting and contemporary uses such as for social interaction, teaching and training, entertainment, and even for the development of virtual bus...
Daniel C. Cliburn, Todd Heino
VR
2008
IEEE
128views Virtual Reality» more  VR 2008»
13 years 11 months ago
Showing Users the Way: Signs in Virtual Worlds
In this paper, we report the results of a pilot study designed to evaluate the impact of signs as navigation aids in virtual worlds. Test subjects were divided into three groups (...
Daniel C. Cliburn, Stacy Rilea