Books: Human Factors in the Age of Virtual Reality

Edited by
Dick de Waard, Karel Brookhuis, Sascha Sommer, and Willem Verwey

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 Preface

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 If VR has changed …… then have its human factors? 
   John R. Wilson 
 Individual differences in user experience of head mounted displays: personality and visuo-spatial attention effects
   Mark Turner and Steve Love
 Haptic accuracy in a Virtual Reality arthroscopy simulator
   Louise Moody, John Arthur, Edward A. Dibble, and Aleksander Zivanovic
 Virtual simulation sickness: is vection the only issue? 
   Peter A. Howarth 
 Habituation to virtual simulation sickness when volunteers are tested at weekly intervals
   Stacy A. Clemes and Peter A. Howarth 
 Habituation of virtual simulation sickness: preliminary results
   Simon G. Hodder and Peter A. Howarth 
 Stereovision and dynamic vergence of the eyes: individual differences in visual performance at a three-dimensional display
   Wolfgang Jaschinski 
 Analysis of the effects of a large-scale stereoscopic display on visual perception
   Thomas Alexander, Jessica Conradi, and Carsten Winkelholz
 The enhancement of spatial learning in virtual environments
   Martin J. Farrell, Paul Arnold and Steve Pettifer 
 Evaluation of a virtual reality-based ergonomics tutorial
   Dietmar Gude, Eike Branahl, Philipp Kawalek, Andreas Prions and Wolfgang Laurig 
 Validity of Virtual Reality driving simulators for ergonomic assessment
   Cecilia Ruspa, Rainer Scheuchenpflug, and Silvia Quattrocolo 
 Presence in virtual driving simulators
   Rainer Scheuchenpflug, Cecilia Ruspa, and Silvia Quattrocolo 
 Older drivers in Virtual Reality assessments of vehicle ergonomics
   Roy Dymott, Brian Janes, Susan Harker, Rainer Scheuchenpflug, Cecilia Ruspa and Silvia Quattrocolo 
 The role of simulation in the assessment of older drivers
   Sascha Sommer, Stefan Rothermel, Willem Verwey, and Per Henriksson
 The role of simulation in the training of novice drivers
   Stefan Rothermel, Sascha Sommer, and Dick de Waard 
 Usability and perception of an architectural VR-model of an office building
   Kaj Suneson, Claes Wernemyr, Börje Westerdahl, Mattias Roupé, and Carl Martin Allwood 
 Training of visuo-manual co-ordination during endoscopic tasks using ‘electromechanical’ and ‘Virtual Reality’ phantoms
   Felix Klimmer 

MISCELLANEOUS

 Eye tracking in user tests
   Theo Boersema and Jasper ter Schegge 
 How important is driver fatigue, and what can we do about it
   Karel A. Brookhuis, Dick de Waard, Joop H. Kraaij, and Evangelos Bekiaris
 Saccadic velocities reflect presaccadic task demand
   Jan Churan, Miklós Kiss, Marc Wittmann, Peter Gugg, Martina Neidhart, Ernst Pöppel, and Hiroyuki Kamiya
 Evacuating a train in case of fire
   Matthijs Dicke, Maaike Duistermaat, and Karel Brookhuis
 Blood glucose as an index of mental effort
   Stephen H. Fairclough and Kim Houston
 Simulation of the influence of surfaces on measured vertical ground reaction forces during fast movements
   Martin Fritz and Klaus Peikenkamp
 Lumbar load during care-activities with patient transfer Part 1:Determination of postures and movements
   Claus Jordan, Andreas Theilmeier, Alwin Luttmann, and Matthias Jäger
 Lumbar load during care-activities with patient transfer Part 2:Measurement of exerted forces
   Andreas Theilmeier, Claus Jordan, Matthias Jäger, and Alwin Luttmann
 Assistance for car drivers: prototyping via a simulator study
   Holger Kußmann, Knut Polkehn, and Claudia Preuschhof
 Automated decision aids in high-risk environments: an example from the ATC domain
   Ulla Metzger and Raja Parasuraman
 Language processing under conditions of high workload
   Sascha Neuper 
 An electrogoniometric study of trunk movements during lifting activities
   Rosimeire S. Padula and Helenice J.C.G. Coury 
 Effect of hand elevation and wrist position on mean arterial pressure measured in the hand: implications for overhead work
   Lee D. Shibley, Thomas M. Cook, and John C. Rosecrance
 Transfer between training of part-tasks in complex skill training – model development and some experimental data
   Jan Joris M. Roessingh, Astrid M.L. Kappers, and Jan J. Koenderink 
 What is a built-up area? The appreciation of drivers
   Frank J.J.M. Steyvers and Jos H. Vrieling 
 Using information from the World Wide Web for the study of risk and safety – a research note
   Hilja Taal
 Preparing for Mars -psychological issues
   Heidi van der Holst, Dietrich Manzey, and Didier Schmitt 
 Exploring enjoyability: which factors in a consumer device make the user smile? 
   Henriette C.M. Hoonhout & Marcelle Stienstra

 Acknowledgement to reviewers

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