My MSc dissertation (2003) involved performing memory recall tests on people after exposure to a 3D virtual environment. We were looking for differences in the way people remember things under different shading conditions.
Mania, K., Wooldridge, D., Coxon, M., Robinson, A. (2006)
The effect of visual and interaction fidelity on spatial cognition in immersive virtual environments. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
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Wooldridge, D., Mania, K., Robinson, A., (2003)
Rendering Quality and User Cognition: An Experimental Study. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. MIT Press.
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Wooldridge, D., Mania, K., Robinson, A., (2003)
Evaluating the Effect of Computer Graphics Rendering Quality on Memory Awareness States in Synthetic Worlds. 5th Active Vision Workshop. University of Sussex.
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