Spatial Analysis of Navigation in Virtual Geographic Environments

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F19%3A00107388" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/19:00107388 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/9/1873/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/9/1873/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app9091873" target="_blank" >10.3390/app9091873</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Spatial Analysis of Navigation in Virtual Geographic Environments

Original language description

Human performance and navigation activity in virtual environments can be measured and assessed with the aim to draw specific conclusions about human cognition. This paper presents an original virtual geographic environment (VGE) designed and used for this purpose. The presented research is rooted in an interdisciplinary approach combining knowledge and principles from the fields of psychology, cartography, and information technologies. The VGE was embedded with user logging functionality to provide a basis from which conclusions about human cognitive processes in a VGE could be drawn. The scope of this solution is introduced, described, and discussed under a behavioral measurement framework. An exploratory research design was adopted to demonstrate the environment’s utility in proof-of-concept user testing. Twenty participants were observed in interactive, semi-interactive and non-interactive tasks, their performance and individual differences were analyzed. The behavioral measurements were supplemented by Object-Spatial Imagery and a Verbal Questionnaire to determine the participants’ cognitive styles. In this sample, significant differences in exploration strategies between men and women were detected. Differences between experienced and non-experienced users were also found in their ability to identify spatial relations in virtual scenes. Finally, areas for future research areas and development were pinpointed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GC19-09265J" target="_blank" >GC19-09265J: The influence of socio-cultural factors and writing system on perception and cognition of complex visual stimuli</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

1-22

UT code for WoS article

000469756000152

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85067201870