This second edition of a bestseller presents systematic and extensive coverage of the
primary areas of research and development within VE technology. It brings together a …

This paper presents both an analysis of requirements for user control over simulated
locomotion and a new control technique designed to meet these requirements. The goal is …

Physical walking is often considered the gold standard for VR travel whenever feasible.
However, limited free-space walking areas in the real-world do not allow exploring larger …

In recent years, consumers have witnessed a technological revolution that has delivered
more-realistic experiences in their own homes. Expanding technologies have provided …

A proposition is a statement that may be true or false, but that makes sense for the time
being. While a proposition lacks the rigorous logic of a hypothesis, it nonetheless may …

Thirty participants explored two virtual mazes. Half of the participants used a hand-controller
(joystick); the other half used the Virtual Motion Controller (VMC), a body-controller interface …

Virtual environments (VEs) allow safe, repeatable, and controlled evaluations of obstacle
avoidance and navigation performance of people with visual impairments using visual aids …

We demonstrate the use of the Wii Balance Board™ as a low-cost virtual reality input device.
We provide an overview of obtaining and working with the sensor input. By processing the …

We present an experiment using the VR scooter in an Immersive Virtual Environment (IVE).
The scooter is used for traveling naturally and easily in large scale Virtual Environments …

Abstracts English: The article discusses the use of virtual environments (VEs) in teaching
and learning. It examines the characteristics of effective VE in learning environments …