The SNaP Framework: A VR Tool for Assessing Spatial Navigation
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Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Canada
Recent work in Virtual Reality (VR) has focused on determining behavioural measurements and paradigms appropriate for detecting the deterioration of navigation abilities in the elderly. We present a system, the Spatial Navigation Paradigm (SNaP) framework, which can be used to implement a battery of spatial navigation-based paradigms. This framework integrates a popular VR environment development platform with an extensible representation medium to allow for the precise control of paradigms, the modulation between input and output devices, and the ability record accurate behavioural measurements. A preliminary study of the framework indicates that novice and expert VR users are able to easily deploy and specify experiments and that expert users can make modifications and extensions to existing paradigms quite easily.
Conference:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Oral Presentations
Citation:
Annett
M and
Bischof
WF
(2009). The SNaP Framework: A VR Tool for Assessing Spatial Navigation.
Front. Neuroeng.
Conference Abstract:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.006
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Received:
18 Mar 2009;
Published Online:
18 Mar 2009.
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Correspondence:
Michelle Annett, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, mkannett@cs.ualberta.ca