UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
                 COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
                                   
                               presents
                                      
                 "Navigation in Virtual Environments" 

                               speaker:

                              Eyal Haik 
                        School of Computer Science
                        University of Hertfordshire 
                                      
                        16 June 2004 (Wednesday)
                                      
                        Lecture Theatre LC108
                    Hatfield, College Lane Campus
                               3 - 4 pm
                                      
              Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available.
                                      
                    Everyone is Welcome to Attend
                          [Space Permitting]
   


                                                                                
Abstract:
                                                                                
Computer desktop three-dimensional virtual environments (VEs) and
graphical user interfaces are potentially useful for certain
applications. However, the literature often reports on navigation
problems that users experience in these environments. The talk will
present research that included three studies and was carried out to
investigate some of these issues. The focus of the talk will be the first
study, which reports on an experimental investigation of several common
navigational issues. The talk concludes with a brief presentation of the
findings from two further empirical studies. These are related to the
influence of individual differences on navigation in VEs. In these
studies the importance of individuals' Cognitive Style on task
performance and navigation was investigated. This work is done under 
the supervision of John Sapsford, Trevor Barker and Simon Trainis.

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