scholarly journals Embodied Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in Immersive Virtual Reality: Comparison to Map Exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine U. König ◽  
Ashima Keshava ◽  
Viviane Clay ◽  
Kirsten Rittershofer ◽  
Nicolas Kuske ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Immersive Virtual Environment ◽  
The North ◽  
Cardinal Directions ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Different Sources

Investigating spatial knowledge acquisition in virtual environments allows studying different sources of information under controlled conditions. Therefore, we built a virtual environment in the style of a European village and investigated spatial knowledge acquisition by experience in the immersive virtual environment and compared it to using an interactive map of the same environment. The environment was well explored, with both exploration sources covering the whole village area. We tested knowledge of cardinal directions, building-to-building orientation, and judgment of direction between buildings in a pointing task. The judgment of directions was more accurate after exploration of the virtual environment than after map exploration. The opposite results were observed for knowledge of cardinal directions and relative orientation between buildings. Time for cognitive reasoning improved task accuracies after both exploration sources. Further, an alignment effect toward the north was only visible after map exploration. Taken together, our results suggest that the source of spatial exploration differentially influenced spatial knowledge acquisition.

scholarly journals Embodied Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in Immersive Virtual Reality: Comparison to Map Exploration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine U. König ◽  
Ashima Keshava ◽  
Viviane Clay ◽  
Kirsten Rittershofer ◽  
Nicolas Kuske ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Spatial Exploration ◽  
Cardinal Directions ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Different Sources

AbstractInvestigating spatial learning in virtual environments allows studying different sources of information under controlled conditions. We built a virtual environment in the style of a European village and investigated spatial knowledge acquisition by experience in the virtual environment and by the use of an interactive map. We tested knowledge of cardinal directions, building-to-building orientation, and judgment of direction between buildings. We find that judgment of directions was more accurate after virtual reality exploration than after map exploration, and the opposite results were observed for knowledge of cardinal directions and relative orientation between buildings. Further, the alignment effect was confined to the map exploration condition. Taken together, our results suggest that the source of spatial exploration differentially influenced spatial knowledge acquisition.

Training Spatial Knowledge Acquisition Using Virtual Environments

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel I. Durlach ◽  
Thomas E. von Wiegand ◽  
Andrew Brooks ◽  
Sam Madden ◽  
Lorraine Delhorne
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Spatial Knowledge ◽  
Spatial Knowledge Acquisition

Injected drugs consumption in Mexico: notes for the last two decades / El consumo de drogas inyectadas en México: apuntes de las últimas dos décadas

2003 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nivaldo Linares Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The North ◽  
Northern Border ◽  
The Family ◽  
Careful Revision ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Windows 2000 ◽  
Different Sources

Objetivo: Revisar los aspectos epidemiológicos relevantes de investigaciones nacionales sobre consumo de heroína y cocaína en las dos últimas décadas, haciendo énfasis en la frontera norte de México. Material y Método: Se realizó una consulta automatizada, previo diseño teórico de búsqueda bibliográfica de trabajos sobre el tema. Se encontraron 72 materiales y tras una cuidadosa selección, quedaron 59, recuperando 83% de ellos. Para su análisis se diseñó una matriz de variables cualitativas y cuantitativas y se procesó en Excel para Windows 2000. Resultados: Sin ser un fenómeno reciente, el consumo de heroína esta alcanzando en últimas fechas proporciones considerables y diversas fuentes de información marcan esta tendencia, sobre todo en el norte del país. Asimismo el consumo de cocaína es cada vez mayor y se extiende por todo el territorio nacional en proporciones cada vez mayores según lo muestran diferentes indicadores. Comentarios: El panorama epidemiológico del consumo de heroína y cocaína es alarmante por sus repercusiones en lo individual, familiar y social y representa un reto principalmente para la planificación y funcionamiento de los servicios de salud en México. AbstractObjective: To review the relevant epidemiological aspects of national research regarding consumption of heroin and cocaine over the last two decades, with emphasis on the northern border of Mexico. Materials and Method: An automated consultation was carried out after the theoretical design of a bibliographic search for works related to the subject. 72 papers were found of which 59 were chosen after a careful revision representing 83%. For the analysis a matrix of qualitative and quantitative variables was designed and processed with Excel, Windows 2000. Results: Although the consumption of heroin is not a recent phenomenon, over the last few years it has reached such high proportions, especially in the north of the country, as many different sources of information indicate. Likewise, the consumption of cocaine is ever-growing and spreading throughout the country the same proportions, as show by several indicators. Observations: The consumption prevalence of both heroin and cocaine is alarming because its tremendous impact on the individual, the family and the society and it represents a challenge for the Mexican Health Services, particularly in planning and management. 

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