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Understanding individual differences: learning space in virtual environments

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Learning the spatial layout of an environment is critical to domains including military and emergency personnel training. Training all staff within a real-world space, however, cannot practically be achieved, particularly if space is under-development or potentially unsafe. This paper contributes towards a better understanding of how individual difference factors impact upon the exposure time requirements needed to acquire spatial knowledge from a virtual environment. The impact of this research is of direct relevance to mulsemedia domain since it shows how individual differences impact information assimilation; showing that user information assimilation, and therefore feedback, must be personalised for individual needs.

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    MEDES '10: Proceedings of the International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems
    October 2010
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    ISBN:9781450300476
    DOI:10.1145/1936254
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    1. cognitive style
    2. environmental knowledge
    3. gender
    4. individual differences
    5. orientation skill
    6. spatial knowledge acquisition (SKA)
    7. system knowledge
    8. training exposure time
    9. virual environments (VE)

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