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Years of research into hyper-media systems have shown that finding one’s way through large electronic information systems can be a difficult task. Our experiences with virtual reality suggest that users will also suffer from the commonly experienced “lost in hyper-space” problem when trying to navigate virtual environments.
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Ingram, R., Benford, S. (1995). Improving the Legibility of Virtual Environments. In: Göbel, M. (eds) Virtual Environments ’95. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9433-1_18
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