Effects of Way Finding Affordances on Usability of Virtual World Environments in Terms of Users’ Satisfaction, Performance, and Mental Workload: Examination by Eye-Tracking and fNIR

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2012-06-29

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Cansız, Yaver
Tokel, Saniye Tuğba

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This study aims to test the effects of different way finding affordances on usability of METU virtual campus built in Second Life in terms of users’ satisfaction, performance, and mental workload. Thirty-six participants were randomly assigned to one of the five groups: Map, signboard, voice, agent, and control group. Except the control group, the participants were given navigational tasks in virtual campus. In order to determine the areas which participants paid attention most, eye movements of the participants were examined with eye tracking tool. Moreover, mental workload in their prefrontal cortex was examined with fNIR device. Results showed no significant difference among groups in terms of satisfaction. However, there were significant differences among groups in terms of task completion accuracy, time, length, navigation cue gaze duration, and mental workload. The results of the tests were used to provide guidance for the design of way finding affordances in virtual worlds.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/86034

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Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2012, 26 - 29 Haziran 2012

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Y. Cansız and S. T. Tokel, “Effects of Way Finding Affordances on Usability of Virtual World Environments in Terms of Users’ Satisfaction, Performance, and Mental Workload: Examination by Eye-Tracking and fNIR,” 2012, p. 1073, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/86034.