An Exploratory Study Investigating Gender Effects on Using 3D Maps for Spatial Orientation in Wayfinding

Liao, Hua; Dong, Weihua

doi:10.3390/ijgi6030060

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“…Therefore, the Label AOIs have a higher degree of recognition [56] and are more likely to be regarded as landmarks. This finding is consistent with that of Liao and Dong [57], who found that displaying 3D models, which are more salient than 2D maps, can improve map usability for male users. In general, rich label information should be provided for ORI and SRS tasks, and navigation systems should highlight the label information, for example, by using larger annotation or bright colours.…”

Section: Performance On Road and Label Aoissupporting

confidence: 91%

Differences in the Gaze Behaviours of Pedestrians Navigating between Regular and Irregular Road Patterns

Liu

Dong

Zhan

et al. 2020

IJGI

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While a road pattern influences wayfinding and navigation, its influence on the gaze behaviours of navigating pedestrians is not well documented. In this study, we compared gaze behaviour differences between regular and irregular road patterns using eye-tracking technology. Twenty-one participants performed orientation (ORI) and shortest route selection (SRS) tasks with both road patterns. We used accuracy of answers and response time to estimate overall performance and time to first fixation duration, average fixation duration, fixation count and fixation duration to estimate gaze behaviour. The results showed that participants performed better with better accuracy of answers using irregular road patterns. For both tasks and both road patterns, the Label areas of interest (AOIs) (including shops and signs) received quicker or greater attention. The road patterns influenced gaze behaviour for both Road AOIs and Label AOIs but exhibited a greater influence on Road AOIs in both tasks. In summary, for orientation and route selection, users are more likely to rely on labels, and roads with irregular patterns are important. These findings may serve as the anchor point for determining how people’s gaze behaviours differ depending on road pattern and indicate that labels and unique road patterns should be highlighted for better wayfinding and navigation.

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Section: Performance On Road and Label Aoissupporting

confidence: 91%

Differences in the Gaze Behaviours of Pedestrians Navigating between Regular and Irregular Road Patterns

Liu

Dong

Zhan

et al. 2020

IJGI

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“…Street View application provides an immersive experience, and has been used in wayfinding spatial orientation research for educational purposes [12,37]. This kind of three-dimensional immersive representation is close to the real environment, and allows wayfinders to look around for visual cues to orient themselves.…”

Section: Virtual Immersive Environments With Google Street View Geospmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The design of the experiment was based on previous experiments carried out by Lynch [2], MacEachren [51] and Liao and Dong [12] in the field of spatial orientation in wayfinding. Participants learned a route from point A to point B on a 2D map in an urban environment, and then performed this wayfinding task (to go from A to B) in a 3D immersive environment.…”

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Geospatial Google Street View with Virtual Reality: A Motivational Approach for Spatial Training Education

Carrera¹,

Saorín²

2017

IJGI

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Abstract:Motivation is a determining factor in the learning process, and encourages the student to participate in activities that increase their performance. Learning strategies supplemented by computer technology in a scenario-based learning environment can improve students' motivation for spatial knowledge acquisition. In this sense, a workshop carried out with 43-second year engineering students supported by Google Street View mobile geospatial application for location-based tasks is presented, in which participants work in an immersive wayfinding 3D urban environment on virtual reality. Students use their own smartphones with Google Street View application integrated in virtual reality (VR) 3D glasses with a joystick as locomotion interface. The tool to analyse the motivational factor of this pedagogical approach is the multidimensional measurement device Intrinsic Motivation Inventory with six subscales: interest, perceived competence, perceived choice, effort, tension, and value, measured on a seven point Likert scale. Scores in all subscales considered are above 4 on a scale of 7. A usability study conducted at the end of the experiment provides values above 3 on a scale of 5 in efficacy, efficiency and satisfaction. The results of the experiment carried out indicate that geospatial Google Street View application in Virtual Reality is a motivating educational purpose in the field of spatial training.

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“…Students can also "color" their rocket, which enhances the visibility of the launch, much as in the real world. Controls were placed on the left hand side of the screen where they were always visible (Liao 2017). Making the variables readily visible and the simulation was easily usable (Rose 2017).…”

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The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Imitated Air Pressure Experiment for Middle School Students

Tang¹

2017

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To help students to understand the knowledge about air pressure is one of important part of middle school physical education. Air cannot be seen directly. People designed many interesting experiments to show it. The most popular experiment is "fire rocket experiment". The difficulty for many students is how to make the rocket fly the most distance by optimizing the launch conditions. This article designs a virtual emulator basing on 3D modeling and virtual reality technology to help students to research the optimization task. Through using the emulator, students do much more preparation for the real experiment and understand the knowledge better and get the special experience.

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An Exploratory Study Investigating Gender Effects on Using 3D Maps for Spatial Orientation in Wayfinding

Cited by 41 publications

References 84 publications

Differences in the Gaze Behaviours of Pedestrians Navigating between Regular and Irregular Road Patterns

Differences in the Gaze Behaviours of Pedestrians Navigating between Regular and Irregular Road Patterns

Geospatial Google Street View with Virtual Reality: A Motivational Approach for Spatial Training Education

The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Imitated Air Pressure Experiment for Middle School Students

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