Navigation assistance in virtual worlds

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

Navigation assistance in virtual worlds

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

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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
Title of host publication	E-Proceedings 2001 Informing Science Conference
Editors	A. Hariger
Place of Publication	Santa Rosa, CA
Publisher	Informing Science Institute
Pages	1-9
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2001
Event	Informing Science Conference 2001 - Kraków, Poland Duration: 19 Jun 2001 → 22 Jun 2001

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Conference	Informing Science Conference 2001
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Kraków
Period	19/06/01 → 22/06/01

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HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS

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Navigation assistance in virtual worlds
van Dijk, B., op den Akker, R., Nijholt, A. & Zwiers, J., 1 Jun 2003, In: Informing science. 6, p. 115-125 11 p.
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