@inproceedings{cd61b51c9af046b785f69224fa32c002,
title = "The Effect of Navigational Aids on Spatial Memory in Virtual Reality",
abstract = "Modern navigation aids revolutionized human navigation, but are also criticized for potential negative effects on human spatial memory. However, previous tests focused on spatial skills such as environment learning and mental rotations rather then on spatial memory directly. Here, we test directly the effect of a simple navigational aid - an augmented arrow pointing towards the next target - on users' spatial memory. We find that performance was significantly more efficient with these guiding arrows, but with no significant decrease in spatial memory performance. This suggests negative effects may stem from other features such as attention, and tempers the media's over-alarmist view.",
keywords = "Human centered computing, Human computer interaction (HCI), Interaction paradigms, Navigation, Spatial Memory, Virtual Reality, Virtual reality, assistive device",
author = "Shachar Maidenbaum and Ansh Patel and Tamara Gedankien and Joshua Jacobs",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE.; 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VRW 2020 ; Conference date: 22-03-2020 Through 26-03-2020",
year = "2020",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00173",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VRW 2020",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "645--646",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VRW 2020",
address = "United States",
}