Date of Award
12-2014
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Legacy Department
Industrial Engineering
Committee Chair/Advisor
Dr. Brian J. Melloy
Committee Member
Dr. David M. Neyens
Committee Member
Dr. Kapil Chalil-Madathil
Committee Member
Dr. William Bridges
Abstract
The goal of this thesis is to characterize and empirically compare navigational tools in the context of a virtual inspection task. The framework considers both directional-cue navigational tools (e.g., GPS navigation arrows) and trail navigational tools (e.g.,footprints) in comparison to a control condition. Characterizing the tools allows for documented relationships between specific navigational tool-performance combinations. It is intended that by characterizing and comparing the tools a more advantageous use of navigational tools will emerge to increase the benefit provided to both the users and implementers of virtual environments. The focus of the metrics in the paper were distance traveled, speed of travel, and average target acquisition time (via SATO analysis) due to their presence in the literature. Targeted recommendations can be made based on the level of participant's experience with virtual environments, or a general recommendation can be made based upon desired performance metric.
Recommended Citation
Riggs, Austin, "Characterizing Navigational Tools in a Virtual Search Task" (2014). All Theses. 2069.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2069