Virtual simulations and serious games (video game-based technologies applied to
teaching and learning) have been incorporated in the teaching and training curricula of a
large number of professions including medicine/surgery. Despite their benefits, there are
open, fundamental issues regarding simulation quality, multi-modal cue interaction, and
the resulting effect on visual quality perception and ultimately on knowledge transfer and
retention. Here the results of a series of seven studies that examined the effect of
background sound (contextually related and non-related with respect to the visual scene)
on the perception of visual quality (defined with respect to texture resolution, polygon
count) presented in stereoscopic and non-stereoscopic 3D. Results indicate that the
perception of visual quality is dependent on ambient (background) sound. The results of
these studies have implications for designers and developers of serious games who
typically strive for high quality virtual worlds despite the computational burden
associated with doing so. The results of these studies also bring us closer to
understanding the role of quality, multi-modal interactions, and their effect on visual
quality perception. This thesis is part of a larger effort in developing an understanding of
virtual environment rendering quality, multi-modal interactions, user-specific factors and
their effect on knowledge transfer and retention. / UOIT
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OOSHDU.10155/244 |
| Date | 01 August 2012 |
| Creators | Rojas Gualdron, David Arnulfo |
| Contributors | Kapralos, Bill |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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