From: John.Wilson@nottingham.ac.uk (Prof John Wilson)
Subject: PUB: Special issue of Applied Ergonomics on Virtual Environments
Date: 2 May 1996 16:21:19 GMT
Message-ID: <4mandv$sur@paperboy.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>
Organization: University of Nottingham



SPECIAL ISSUE OF APPLIED ERGONOMICS ON VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS

Human Factors Issues in the development, use and application of Virtual 
Environments


There has been a long tradition of human factors and ergonomics
research into the theoretical and applied issues of using simulators.
In the early days of use of Virtual Reality to produce virtual
environments there were a number of early papers, particularly to do
with the effects on human performance of working in such environments.
Now both VR itself is much further developed and human factors work in
the area is much further matured.  The latter has included research
into: human characteristics and virtual environment development (for
instance cognitive and perceptual characteristics to do with
environment characteristics of lag and perspective, and related
graphics issues); the experience of the participant in virtual
environments (including work on potential side effects, experience of
presence and HCI implications), and the use of VR to produce virtual
environments applied to ergonomics analyses and assessments.  Applied
Ergonomics will be producing a Special Issue which will include
contributions from all these three broad groups of human factors
issues in virtual environments.  Applied Ergonomics is a journal
specifically dedicated to publishing quality scientific contributions
on the application of ergonomics.  The journal takes ergonomics in its
widest sense, to cover physical, cognitive and organisational aspects
of people's interaction with their environment.  Published
contributions can include reviews, theoretical or fundamental papers
where these identify how their outcomes might be applied in practice,
and applied case studies.

The Special Issue will be edited by one of the journal's
Co-Editors-in-Chief, Professor John R. Wilson of the University of
Nottingham.  It is hoped to publish papers in the first issues of
1997.  Details on paper format and submission details are provided on
the inside back cover of the journal itself or can be sent to
prospective authors by application to the Journal Administrator:

Ilse Browne
Institute for Occupational Ergonomics
Department of Manufacturing Engineering & Operations Management
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Tel:	+44 (0)115 9783107/9514005
Fax:	+44 (0)115 9514000
email:	ilse.browne@nottingham.ac.uk

Prospective authors may like to submit an abstract of their paper for
pre-screening; this should be of 500 to 1000 words and should be sent
to the Journal Administrator to arrive before the 15th July 1996.
Alternatively, the deadline for submission of full papers in the
journal format is 30th August 1996.

For further information about the Special Issue please contact:

Professor John R. Wilson
Department of Manufacturing Engineering & Operations Management
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Tel:	+44 (0)115 9514004/5