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On the Edge of a Virtual World – Investigating Users’ Preferences and Different Visualization Techniques

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Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2013)

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This paper investigates how the edges of a limited size 3D virtual world model can be visualized. We compared five alternative visualization techniques by conducting downloading, post-processing and rendering measurements and evaluating the designs with a user study. Recommendations for UI designers working especially in the mobile computing domain are presented.

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  1. Center for Internet Excellence, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 1001, 90014, Oulu, Finland

    Jarkko Vatjus-Anttila, Leena Ventä-Olkkonen & Jonna Häkkilä

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  1. Jarkko Vatjus-Anttila
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Computer Science, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Juan Carlos Augusto

  2. Fraunhofer IGD, Fraunhoferstrasse 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  3. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Rem Collier

  4. Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE, Delft, The Netherlands

    David Keyson

  5. Department of Computer Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Bebek, 34342, Istanbul, Turkey

    Albert Ali Salah

  6. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore

    Ah-Hwee Tan

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Vatjus-Anttila, J., Ventä-Olkkonen, L., Häkkilä, J. (2013). On the Edge of a Virtual World – Investigating Users’ Preferences and Different Visualization Techniques. In: Augusto, J.C., Wichert, R., Collier, R., Keyson, D., Salah, A.A., Tan, AH. (eds) Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8309. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03647-2_14

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