Handbook of virtual environments : design, implementation, and applications / edited by Kay M. Stanney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stanney, Kay M.

Series:

Human factors and ergonomics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer simulation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Computer simulation.

Human-computer interaction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Human-computer interaction.

Virtual reality--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Virtual reality.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 1232 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2002]

Summary:

Kay Stanney brings together an excellent international group of contributors to provide the first Handbook of Virtual Environments. It presents a systematic and extensive introduction to the primary areas of research and development within VE technology.

Contents:

1 Virtual Environments in the 21st Century / Kay M. Stanney, Michael Zyda 1

2 Virtual Environments Standards and Terminology / Richard A. Blade, Mary Lou Padgett 15

II System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

3 Vision and Virtual Environments / James G. May, David R. Badcock 29

4 Virtual Auditory Displays / Russell D. Shilling, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham 65

5 Haptic Interfaces / S. James Biggs, Mandayam A. Srinivasan 93

6 Haptic Rendering in Virtual Environments / Cagatay Basdogan, Mandayam A. Srinivasan 117

7 User Requirements for Perceiving Body Acceleration / Ben D. Lawson, Stephanie A. Sides, K. Amy Hickinbotham 135

8 Motion Tracking Requirements and Technologies / Eric Foxlin 163

9 Eye Tracking in Virtual Environments / Joseph Wilder, George K. Hung, Marilyn Mantei Tremaine, Manpreet Kaur 211

10 Gesture Recognition / Matthew Turk 223

11 Locomotion Interfaces / John M. Hollerbach 239

Software Requirements

12 Virtual Environment Models / G. Drew Kessler 255

13 Principles for the Design of Performance-oriented Interaction Techniques / Doug A. Bowman 277

14 Technological Considerations in the Design of Multisensory Virtual Environments: The Virtual Field of Dreams Will Have to Wait / W. Todd Nelson, Robert S. Bolia 301

15 Embodied Autonomous Agents / Jan M. Allbeck, Norman I. Badler 313

16 Internet-based Virtual Environments / Charles E. Hughes, J. Michael Moshell, Dean Reed 333

Application Requirements

17 Structured Development of Virtual Environments / John R. Wilson, Richard M. Eastgate, Mirabelle D'Cruz 353

18 Influence of Individual Differences on Application Design for Individual and Collaborative Immersive Virtual Environments / David B. Kaber, John V. Draper, John M. Usher 379

19 Using Virtual Environments as Training Simulators: Measuring Transfer / Corinna E. Lathan, Michael R. Tracey, Marc M. Sebrechts, Deborah M. Clawson, Gerald A. Higgins 403

III Design Approaches and Implementations Strategies

20 Cognitive Aspects of Virtual Environments Design / Allen Munro, Robert Breaux, Jim Patrey, Beth Sheldon 415

21 Multimodal Interaction Modeling / George V. Popescu, Grigore C. Burdea, Helmuth Trefftz 435

22 Auditory-Visual Cross-Modality Interaction and Illusions / Russell L. Storms 455

23 Illusory Self-motion in Virtual Environments / Lawrence J. Hettinger 471

24 Spatial Orientation, Wayfinding, and Representation / Rudolph P. Darken, Barry Peterson 493

25 Content Design for Virtual Environments / Jerry Isdale, Clive Fencott, Michael Heim, Leonard Daly 519

26 Technology Management and User Acceptance of Virtual Environment Technology / David Gross 533

27 Virtual Environments and Product Liability / Robert S. Kennedy, Kristyne E. Kennedy, Kathleen M. Bartlett 543

28 Virtually a Market? Selling Practice and the Diffusion of Virtual Reality / G. M. Peter Swann, Robert J. Stone 555

IV Health and Safety Issues

29 Direct Effects of Virtual Environments on Users / Erik Viirre, David Bush 581

30 Signs and Symptoms of Human Syndromes Associated with Synthetic Experiences / Ben D. Lawson, David A. Graeber, Andrew M. Mead, Eric R. Muth 589

31 Adapting to Virtual Environments / Robert B. Welch 619

32 Motion Sickness Neurophysiology, Physiological Correlates, and Treatment / Deborah L. Harm 637

33 The Social Impact of Virtual Environment Technology / Sandra L. Calvert 663

V Evaluation

34 Usability Engineering of Virtual Environments / Deborah Hix, Joseph L. Gabbard 681

35 Human Performance Measurement in Virtual Environments / Donald Ralph Lampton, James P. Bliss, Christina S. Morris 701

36 Virtual Environment Usage Protocols / Kay M. Stanney, Robert S. Kennedy, Kelly Kingdon 721

37 Measurement of Visual Aftereffects Following Virtual Environment Exposure / John P. Wann, Mark Mon-Williams 731

38 Proprioceptive Adaptation and Aftereffects / Paul DiZio, James R. Lackner 751

39 Vestibular Adaptation and Aftereffects / Thomas A. Stoffregen, Mark H. Draper, Robert S. Kennedy, Daniel Compton 773

40 Presence in Virtual Environments / Wallace Sadowski, Kay Stanney 791

41 Ergonomics in Virtual Environments / Pamela R. McCauley Bell 807

VI Selected Applications of Virtual Environments

42 Applications of Virtual Environments: An Overview / Robert J. Stone 827

43 National Defense / Bruce W. Knerr, Robert Breaux, Stephen L. Goldberg, Richard A. Thurman 857

44 Team Training in Virtual Environments: An Event-based Approach / Eduardo Salas, Randall L. Oser, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, Eleni Daskarolis 873

45 Virtual Environments As a Tool for Academic Learning / J. Michael Moshell, Charles E. Hughes 893

46 Development and Evaluation of Virtual Environments for Education / Sue Cobb, Helen Neale, Joanna Crosier, John R. Wilson 911

47 Medical Applications of Virtual Environments / Richard M. Satava, Shaun B. Jones 937

48 Virtual Environment-Assisted Teleoperation / Abderrahmane Kheddar, Ryad Chellali, Philippe Coiffet 959

49 Use of Virtual Environments in Motor Learning and Rehabilitation / Maureen K. Holden, Emanuel Todorov 999

50 Virtual Environment Applications in Clinical Neuropsychology / Albert A. Rizzo, J. Galen Buckwalter, Cheryl van der Zaag 1027

51 Virtual Reality Therapy: An Effective Treatment for Psychological Disorders / Max M. North, Sarah M. North, Joseph R. Coble 1065

52 Applications of Systems Design Using Virtual Environments / Roy C. Davies 1079

53 Information Visualization in Virtual Environments / Steve Bryson 1101

54 Virtual Environments in Manufacturing / John P. Shewchuk, Kyung H. Chung, Robert C. Williges 1119

55 Entertainment Applications of Virtual Environments / Eric Badique, Marc Cavazza, Gudrun Klinker, Gordon Mair, Tony Sweeney, Daniel Thalmann, Nadia M. Thalmann 1143

56 Virtual Environments: History and Profession / Richard A. Blade, Mary Lou Padgett 1167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

080583270X

OCLC:

47100990