"Spatial Orientation and Wayfinding in Large-Scale Virtual Spaces"
Special Issue of PRESENCE Call for Participation
PRESENCE will devote a special issue to "Spatial Orientation, Wayfinding, and Representation in Large-Scale Virtual Spaces". Co-editors of this special issue are Terry Allard of the Office of Naval Research, Rudy Darken of the Naval Postgraduate School, and Lisa Achille of the Naval Research Laboratory.
The focus of this issue is on experimental and theoretical studies that define components of cognitive, perceptual, and motor skills required for training transfer, improved wayfinding, and reduced disorientation in large-scale virtual spaces. Of particular interest is: 1) the nature of spatial representations in transfer from virtual to real worlds; 2) cueing strategies that improve wayfinding and orientation; 3) the relative merits and disadvantages of different interaction techniques on the ability to acquire complex spatial layouts in virtual environments and for teleoperation. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Different interaction (self-navigation) metaphors including fly-through, walk-through, and ride-through devices in which self-motion can be measured in motoric coordinates. Perceptual and mnemonic biases, memory manipulation, prior expectations, conceptual training, and sensorimotor adaptation and the transfer of spatial orientation and navigational skills from virtual to real world environments. Navigational aids, cues, strategies, organizational principles for virtual environments or augmented reality. Theoretical models of human spatial orientation and navigation. Object and self-location in virtual worlds, augmented reality, and real worlds. Sensori-motor interactions and conflicts and spatial navigation and orientation. Individual differences in knowledge, aptitudes, abilities, and strategies, and their impact on perceptual, motoric, and memorial knowledge of virtual environments.
We are interested in original technical papers, position papers surveying the field, and forum papers describing the frontiers of research questions, design principles, and application of research results related to orientation and navigation in virtual spaces and for teleoperation. Submissions and interdisciplinary exchanges from all related fields will be considered including the cognitive sciences, architectural design, and basic science reviews relating non-human spatial orientation and navigation to VE's for human use.
PRESENCE is the premier journal of teleoperation and virtual environments. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they represent original material and are not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Manuscripts should be in 12-point type, using double-spaced pages for all text, including references. For more information, see the "Instructions to Contributors" note on the inside back cover of PRESENCE Vol. 3 No. 2 and later issues. Please include an electronic mail address to which receipt acknowledgments can be sent. FAXed submissions will not be accepted. Send 8 copies of each submitted paper (one for each co-editor, and one for each of 5 reviewers) to PRESENCE at the following address:
Nat Durlach, Managing Editor
PRESENCE Orientation and Navigation Special Issue
Room 36-709
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
The deadline for submissions to this special issue is May 1, 1997. Submitted papers must be received by that date to allow sufficient review time for our publication schedule.