| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L28449/01 |
| Title: |
NAVIGATING DISCONTINUOUS VIRTUAL WORLDS. THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE MAPS AND WAYFINDING AIDS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Howes, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Sch of Psychology |
| Organisation: |
Cardiff University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
11 April 1997 |
Ends: |
15 October 1997 |
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46,195
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT |
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Within the project interest is centred upon discontinuous worlds in which the environments explored by people do not map on to Euclidean space. Such systems confer many potential advantages in the design of commercial VE applications (examples include shopping, tourism, and education) but only if the difficulties they are likely to cause the user are anticipated and overcome. The project represents the convergence of the interest by the Investigators in spatial representation, human-computer interaction and computer science. Building upon existing work at Cardiff and using an advanced already established VE's system, the project seeks to establish the range of types of discontinuous VE's and to investigate systematically the capacity of humans to navigate such worlds. The work will have impact upon models of cognitive representation within VE's and also upon design practice.
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http://www.cf.ac.uk |