Landmarks and Time-Pressure in Virtual Navigation: Towards Designing Gender-Neutral Virtual Environments

Elena Gavrielidou; Maarten Lamers

Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

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Landmarks and Time-Pressure in Virtual Navigation: Towards Designing Gender-Neutral Virtual Environments

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_5,
    author={Elena Gavrielidou and Maarten Lamers},
    title={Landmarks and Time-Pressure in Virtual Navigation: Towards Designing Gender-Neutral Virtual Environments},
    proceedings={Facets of Virtual Environments. First International Conference, FaVE 2009, Berlin, Germany, July 27-29, 2009, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={FAVE},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={virtual environments navigation gender landmarks time-pressure},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_5}
}

Elena Gavrielidou
Maarten Lamers
Year: 2012
Landmarks and Time-Pressure in Virtual Navigation: Towards Designing Gender-Neutral Virtual Environments
FAVE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_5

Elena Gavrielidou¹^,*, Maarten Lamers¹^,*

1: Leiden University

*Contact email: elegav@gmail.com, lamers@liacs.nl

Abstract

Male superiority in the field of spatial navigation has been reported upon, numerous times. Although there have been indications that men and women handle environmental navigation in different ways, with men preferring Euclidian navigation and women using mostly topographic techniques, we have found no reported links between those differences and the shortcomings of women on ground of ineffective environment design.

Keywords: virtual environments navigation gender landmarks time-pressure

Published: 2012-05-23

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11743-5_5