Navigation assistance in virtual worlds

Betsy van Dijk; Rieks op den Akker; Anton Nijholt; Job Zwiers

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Navigation assistance in virtual worlds

Betsy van Dijk, Rieks op den Akker, Anton Nijholt, Job Zwiers

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In this paper we report about ongoing research on navigation assistance in virtual environments. Our aim is to contribute to the development of forms of navigation assistance that enable non-professional visitors of a virtual environment to find their way without previous training. The environment used in this research is a virtual theatre that models a real world music theatre. This virtual theatre can be used for exploration as well as for transactions and goal-directed search for information. We first present some design principles for navigation assistance in virtual environments and some design criteria for assistance by personal agents. Subsequently we describe how these principles and criteria have been implemented in our experimental virtual theatre environment. Finally we give an overview of future research plans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-125
Number of pages	11
Journal	Informing science
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.28945/519
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2003

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Navigation assistance
Personal agents
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
Virtual environments

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Navigation assistance in virtual worlds
van Dijk, B., Zwiers, J., op den Akker, R. & Nijholt, A., 1 Jun 2001, E-Proceedings 2001 Informing Science Conference. Hariger, A. (ed.). Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Institute, p. 1-9 9 p.
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