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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"wayfinding"”.
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Wayfinding in autism spectrum disorders
This study featured the use of ... a comprehensive battery [of tests], designed to assess general spatial ability as well as varieties of spatial cognition (including spatial navigation).
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Playspace for all : inclusive wayfinding
… the object and the path. Through the act of wayfinding, the risk of losing one's way may lead to something equally rewarding. Therefore, the project relies on two gestures: the meandering path and the curious object as a landmark or goal to approach. Through a series of paths, with no …
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Mobile electronic aids for indoor wayfinding
… unfamiliar indoor environment. Many studies of wayfinding have been done in the past, but most pertain to outdoor environments and few studies take place solely indoors. This thesis also sought to develop a portable wayfinding aid that could downloaded to a visitor’s portable device and be …
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Training Wayfinding: Natural Movement In Mixed Reality
… experimentation with more complex tasks such as wayfinding through an urban environment, and or in direct comparison to more established virtual environments to determine strengths, as well as areas for improvement, to make MR as an effective addition to the Army training mission.
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Wayfinding localized research practices through mobile technology
<p>This dissertation presents wayfinding—the process of orienting oneself amid the myriad users, technologies, and digital spaces impacting any writing work—as a research methodology for contextualizing writing in mobile environments. Central to web design and non-web service design, wayfinding is …
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WayFinding: A Story Told Through The Senses
… be engaged and how they relate to the concept of wayfinding. This thesis explores how engaging the senses can assist in a person's physical and mental wayfinding, specifically through touch, sight, and smell. The building typology best suited to experiment with this was a community center because …
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Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge
Two Zen monks upon hearing a wind bell ringing: “ The Master asks: ‘What makes the sound? Does the bell make the sound or the wind make the sound?' The student answers: ‘My mind makes the sound, because the wind causes the bell to strike and vibrate the air, but there is no sound until that …
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Wayfinding tools in public library buildings: A multiple case study.
Wayfinding is the process of using one or more tools to move from one location to another in order to accomplish a task or to achieve a goal. This qualitative study explores the process of wayfinding as it applies to locating information in a public library. A group of volunteers were asked to find …
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ORIENTATION: Sensemaking and Wayfinding in Complex Distributed Online Information Enivronments
… emerges from the research is the Sensemaking Wayfinding Information Model (SWIM) that details how individuals orient themselves through self-directed activities, as part of social networked systems, and through the use of technologies. This model centres on the information habits of …
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Which way is up : towards accessible wayfinding in transit stations
… one point to another within a transit system. Wayfinding devices are the elements, whether architectural or graphic, that provide information not only on how to navigate a station, but also how to use the services provided there. Because they provide such important information, these elements …
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The use of landmark-based wayfinding strategies across the adult lifespan
Individuals can employ different landmark-based wayfinding strategies to acquire spatial knowledge and support navigation. Allocentric strategy use is associated with a cognitive representation of a learned environment that allows flexible navigation, while egocentric strategy use is associated …
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[Apart] space valuing community: focused on incidental learning and wayfinding thresholds
The study aims to reimagine and intervene in the space of Khayelitsha. The intentions are to integrate and alter current smart parks designs by the City of Cape Town. To offer social empowerment to the surrounding context, residents by tempting to provide a detailed design which could offer a space …
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Developing outdoor map design guidelines using a real-world wayfinding task
… study aims to elucidate the mental processes of wayfinding in an outdoor area and the effects of map contour representations, map color, individual differences of users (gender, brain dominance, experience level, and cultural differences), and environmental cues using a field study in an …
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Identifying elements of the interior environment that contribute to wayfinding cognitive processes
… environmental elements and attributes) in the wayfinding cognitive processes (i.e., information pickup, spatial memory, spatial knowledge acquisition, spatial updating, and spatial reference frame). Performing a wayfinding task can be difficult and stressful in large and complex public …
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Gender Difference in Situation Awareness when Receiving Wayfinding Direction by Landmarks and Headings
<p>In aviation, situation awareness (SA) is a fundamental requirement for effective flying and air traffic control. This skill has greatly been associated with pilot and air traffic controller performance. Previous studies in aviation and other fields have shown that gender differences exist in SA …
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Techniques For Assessing And Improving Performance In Navigation And Wayfinding Using Mobile Augmented Reality
Augmented reality is a field of technology in which the real world is overlaid with additional information from a computer generated display. Enhancements to augmented reality technology presently support limited mobility which is expected to increase in the future to provide much greater real …
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Key Cues for Wayfinding in Windowless Spaces with Complex Circulation in Large Public Buildings
Wayfinding is a crucial aspect of the interaction between people and space, significantly influencing the quality of spatial experiences. With the accelerating process of global urbanisation and the demands for high-quality urbanisation in China, large public buildings with complex circulation …
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