Navigation and Wayfinding in Virtual Reality:
Finding Proper Tools and Cues to Enhance Navigation Awareness

by Glenna A. Satalich

APPENDIX C: WAYFINDING TASKS

For the next 2 tasks you will be placed back at the entrance door of the virtual building. From there you will be asked to travel to a particular location in the building. For this task it is requested that you find the location using the shortest route possible. You will have 5 minutes to find the location. When you find the location, you will have 5 additional minutes to return to the entrance door, again using the shortest possible path.

For the second task, imagine the building is on fire in certain areas and you need to rescue a friend. You need to find the location of your friend within 5 minutes. You are not allowed to walk through fire. Take the shortest path to the location and back.