Virtual and adaptive environments : applications, implications, and human performance issues / edited by Lawrence J. Hettinger, Michael Haas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hettinger, Lawrence J.

Haas, Michael W.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual computer systems.

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 582 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.

Contents:

General Issues in the Design and Use of Virtual and Adaptive Environments

2 Visual Perception of Egocentric Distance in Real and Virtual Environments / Jack Loomis Joshua Knapp 21

3 A Unified Approach to Presence and Motion Sickness / Jerrold Prothero, Donald Parker 47

4 Transfer of Training in Virtual Environments: Issues for Human Performance / Marc Sebrechts, Corinna Lathan, Deborah Clawson, Michael Miller, Cheryl Trepagnier 67

5 Beyond the Limits of Real-Time Realism: Moving from Stimulation Correspondence to Information Correspondence / Pieter Jan Stappers, William Gaver, Kees Overbeeke 91

6 On the Nature and Evaluation of Fidelity in Virtual Environments / Thomas Stoffregen, Benoit Bardy, L. J. Smart, Randy Pagulayan 111

7 Adapting to Telesystems / Robert Welch 129

Virtual Environments

8 A Tongue-Based Tactile Display for Portrayal of Environmental Characteristics / Paul Bach-y-Rita, Kurt Kaczmarek, Mitchell Tyler 169

9 Spatial Audio Displays for Target Acquisition and Speech Communications / Robert Bolia, W. Todd Nelson 187

10 Learning Action Plans in a Virtual Environment / Simon Goss, Adrian Pearce 199

11 Fidelity of Disparity-Based Stereopsis / Ian Howard 219

12 Configural Scoring of Simulator Sickness, Cybersickness, and Space Adaptation Syndrome: Similarities and Differences / Robert S. Kennedy, Julie M. Drexler, Daniel E. Compton, Kay M. Stanney, D. Susan Lanham, Deborah L. Harm 247

13 A Cybernetic Analysis of the Tunnel-in-the-Sky Display / Max Mulder, Henk Stassen, J. A. Mulder 279

14 Alternative Control Technology for Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles: Human Factors Considerations / W. Todd Nelson, Timothy R. Anderson, Grant R. McMillan 303

15 Medical Applications of Virtual Reality / Richard Satava, Shaun Jones 325

16 Face-to-Face Communication / Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, Prem Kalra, Marc Escher 345

17 Integration of Human Factors Aspects in the Design of Spatial Navigation Displays / Eric Theunissen 369

18 Implementing Perception

Action Coupling for Laparoscopy / Fred Voorhorst, Kees Overbeeke, Gerda Smets 391

19 Psychological and Physiological Issues of the Medical Use of Virtual Reality / Takami Yamaguchi 413

Adaptive Environments

20 Supporting the Adaptive Human Expert: A Critical Element in the Design of Meaning Processing Systems / John Flach, Cynthia Dominguez 433

21 A Human Factors Approach to Adaptive Aids / Sylvain Hourlier, Jean-Yves Grau, Claude Valot 461

22 Adaptive Pilot/Vehicle Interfaces for the Tactical Air Environment / Sandeep S. Mulgund, Gerard Rinkus, Greg Zacharias 483

23 The Implementation of Psycho-Electrophysiological Interface Technologies for the Control and Feedback of Interactive Virtual Environments / Alysia Sagi-Dolev 525.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

080583107X

OCLC:

50773258