Mental representation of spatial structure in a virtual room-sized space

Zhiqiang Luo, Henry Been Lirn Duh

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Abstract

To keep spatial awareness in virtual multilevel building, navigator should understand the spatial structure of space. Mental representation of spatial structure in a virtual cylindrical room was investigated in present experiments. Participants first observed two static views of space in which the two viewpoints were on the same vertical plane but with different heights, and then either judged the relative direction of object in the first experiment or egocentrically pointed out the direction of object in the second experiment. The results suggested that the orientation-dependent representation of spatial structure was created even though participants could learn the space from two different viewpoints lying on the vertical dimension of space. Keywords: virtual reality, spatial cognition, navigation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence - 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006, Proceedings
Pages1166-1174
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 29 Nov 20061 Dec 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4282 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period29/11/061/12/06

Keywords

  • Navigation
  • Spatial cognition
  • Virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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