12 Result(s)
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Paulo Noriega
Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design
Interaction Design
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of Behavioral Compliance with Safety Warnings at Different Levels of Cognitive Load in Warehouses
This study aims to evaluate the behavioral compliance with dynamic safety warnings, in different levels of cognitive load in warehouses. Participated in the study forty subjects between the ages of 17 and 47. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
How Deep Is a Virtual Reality Experience? Virtual Environments, Emotions and Physiological Measures
Previous studies have shown a relationship between virtual environments and subjectively evaluated emotions. The present study intends to understand if an emotion evaluated subjectively is related to an object...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effectiveness of Coach Marks or Instructional Overlay in Smartphone Apps Interfaces
Some mobile applications present a level of complexity with respect to the functionalities of the graphical interface that are not easily understood by all users in a first approach. The use of instructional o...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Locomotion-in-Place and Teleport: Which Is the Best Technique to Be Used in Human Behavior Research Using Virtual Reality?
In human behavior studies in critical situations, such as emergency situations, it’s necessary for the participant to feel that is in danger and that behaves the same way as in the real world. For this behavio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploratory Study to Investigate the Influence of a Third Person on an Individual Emergency Wayfinding Decision
Disorientation is an usual issue in many situations, namely during emergency into complex buildings. It may cause a lack of crucial time mainly during early evacuation stages, increasing the chance of harming....
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Emotion Through Narrative: Validation for User Engagement in Game Context
In the development of a gaming experience guided by the perennial search for user engagement, one of the relevant conditions to ensure and validate, it’s its narrative and context. If we associate this the dis...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of the Concept of a Smart City Gamification from a User Centered Design Perspective
Galvanize the citizen to be engaged with a smart city project projects are not an easy task, normally they feel that their voice cannot make the difference and leaves the project. Gamification can change this,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Affordances on Route Selection in an Emergency Situation: A Study with Children
Understanding the influence of affordances during the processes of route selection could be a key factor to improve egress in emergency situations. Previous studies [1], showed that in a T-type corridor, the brig...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Emotions Appraisal with Face Reading in a Touristic Virtual Environment Prototype
User engagement is an essential condition for assessing the quality of an interactive experience. Nowadays, the tourism industry has been using experiences based on interactive proposals to involving users. H...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluation of 3D Crosswalks Design
In Portugal there are a large number of pedestrian’s road injuries, exceeding the average value of the European rate. One important measure for avoiding pedestrians traffic crashes is the presence of crosswalk...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Framework to Use Virtual Reality for Behavior Change to Promote Safety and Health at Work
Virtual reality (VR) was created to give and enhance good user experiences, when the participants interact with virtual environments. These experiences have been successfully used in entertainment contexts, g...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Different Wheelchairs Designs Influence Emotional Reactions from Users and Non-users?
The emotional reactions caused during the interaction with a product interfered in the evaluation by the user. For the assistive technologies, like the wheelchairs, there is a range of emotional reactions asso...
