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A swarm algorithm for wayfinding in dynamic virtual worlds

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Wayfinding is a cognitive element of navigation that allows people to plan and form strategies prior to executing them. Wayfinding in large scale virtual environments is a complex task and even more so in dynamic virtual worlds. In these dynamic worlds everything, including the objects, the paths, and the landmarks, may be created, deleted, and moved at will. We propose a wayfinding tool using swarm creatures to aid users in such dynamic environments. The tool produces dynamic trails leading to desired destinations and generates teleport/warp gates. These are created as a consequence of swarm creatures exploring dynamic worlds. In this paper, we describe the swarm algorithms developed to create such a tool to generate wayfinding aids in dynamic virtual worlds.

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  • (2008)Evaluating motion constraints for 3D wayfinding in immersive and desktop virtual environmentsProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1357054.1357330(1769-1778)Online publication date: 6-Apr-2008

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cover image ACM Conferences
VRST '05: Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
November 2005
270 pages
ISBN:1595930981
DOI:10.1145/1101616
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  1. navigation
  2. navigation/wayfinding aids
  3. swarm intelligence
  4. virtual worlds
  5. wayfinding

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  • (2010)Limitations of Signs as Navigation Aids in Virtual WorldsProceedings of the 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences10.1109/HICSS.2010.256(1-10)Online publication date: 5-Jan-2010
  • (2009)The effects of teleportation on recollection of the structure of a virtual worldProceedings of the 15th Joint virtual reality Eurographics conference on Virtual Environments10.5555/2383947.2383973(117-120)Online publication date: 7-Dec-2009
  • (2008)Evaluating motion constraints for 3D wayfinding in immersive and desktop virtual environmentsProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1357054.1357330(1769-1778)Online publication date: 6-Apr-2008

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