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

by Glenna A. Satalich

LIST OF FIGURES

• FIGURE 1 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BUILDING

• FIGURE 2 PATH LAYOUT FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE GUIDED TOURS

• FIGURE 3 REPRESENTATION OF MAP USED TO STUDY BEFORE ENTERING THE ENVIRONMENT

• FIGURE 4 REPRESENTATION OF THE MAP USED DURING EXPLORATION

• FIGURE 5 GUIDED TOUR & MAP DURING

• FIGURE 6 SELF EXPLORATION & MAP DURING

• FIGURE 7 GUIDED TOUR (NO MAP)

• FIGURE 8 SELF EXPLORATION (NO MAP)

• FIGURE 9 OBJECTS POINTED TO IN THE ORIENTATION TASK

• FIGURE 10 DISTANCE ESTIMATION USING SELF AS REFERENCE: ROUTE AND EUCLIDEAN

• FIGURE 11 ROUTE DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS BETWEEN 2 OBJECTS

• FIGURE 12 EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS BETWEEN 2 OBJECTS

• FIGURE 13 PATH FOR WAYFINDING TASK 1

• FIGURE 14 PATH FOR WAYFINDING TASK 2

• FIGURE 15 ORIENTATION INTERACTION OF EXPLORATION AND MAP DURING

• FIGURE 16 ROUTE EST. INTERACTION FOR MAP BEFORE BY MAP DURING

• FIGURE 17 WAYFINDING 1 TARGET ROOM

• FIGURE 18 A FIRE WALL IN WAYFINDING 2

• FIGURE 19 WAYFINDING 2 TARGET ROOM