Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Virtual environments and ergonomics : needs and opportunities

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Virtual environments and ergonomics : needs and opportunities / John R. Wilson

Conference presented at the 13th International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress, IEA'97. This was held in Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4, 1997. The Congress was hosted by the Nordic Ergonomics Society and the Finnish Ergonomics Society

This paper overviews virtual environment attributes and capabilities and proposes a framework for their specification, development and evaluation, before summarizing current ergonomics research issues. Current work on participant side effects is summarized. A strong case is made for the potential value of ergonomics for virtual environments and vice versa

En: Ergonomics. - London [etc.]. - Vol. 40, nº 10, October 1997 ; p. 1057-1077

1. Ergonomía . 2. Realidad virtual . 3. Métodos de evaluación . 4. Sistema hombre-máquina . 5. Tecnologías interactivas . 6. Modelos de simulación . I. International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress (13th: 1997: Tampere, Finland) . II. Título.