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Enhancing Wayfinding Performance in Existing Healthcare Facilities Using Virtual Reality Environments to Revise the Distribution of Way-Showing Devices

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Wayfinding is the process of navigating the environment by using the available environmental cues. The issue of wayfinding difficulty in large healthcare facilities has grabbed the attention of many researchers in terms of its potential taxing effects on
Ammar Al-Sharaa   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A User-Centered Evaluation of Wayfinding in Outpatient Units of Public Hospitals in Malaysia: UMMC as a Case Study

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The difficulty of finding one’s way in a complex structure has been a long-standing issue of many buildings with highly institutionalized functions.
Ammar Al-Sharaa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

User preferences on route instruction types for mobile indoor route guidance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Adaptive mobile wayfinding systems are being developed to ease wayfinding in the indoor environment. They present wayfinding information to the user, which is adapted to the context.
De Cock, Laure   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Finding a way: long-term care homes to support dementia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
An ageing demographic has increased the number of people with dementia. Although dementia is commonly associated with memory loss, other early symptoms include difficulty with wayfinding.
Alzheimer's Society   +20 more
core   +1 more source

The Environmental Contribution to Wayfinding in Museums: Enhancement and Usage by Controlling Flows and Paths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The field of research in which wayfinding is situated refers to the way people move in reaction to environmental stimulation. It therefore fully concerns not just signage but also space designing, its geometric configuration, technical solutions and ...
B Hillier   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Childhood wayfinding experience explains sex and individual differences in adult wayfinding strategy and anxiety

open access: yesCognitive Research, 2020
Background Anyone who has ever found themselves lost while driving in an unfamiliar neighborhood or forgotten where they parked their car can appreciate the importance of being able to navigate their environment.
Vanessa Vieites   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Everything looks the same”: wayfinding behaviour and experiences of stroke inpatients in rehabilitation clinics

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022
Purpose To examine stroke inpatients’ real-life wayfinding behaviour and how the built environment of rehabilitation clinics might influence their behaviour and experiences. Methods Stroke inpatients in seven rehabilitation clinics were observed (n = 70),
Maja Kevdzija
doaj   +1 more source

Wayfinding and Glaucoma: A Virtual Reality Experiment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PurposeWayfinding, the process of determining and following a route between an origin and a destination, is an integral part of everyday tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of glaucomatous visual field loss on wayfinding ...
Boer, Erwin R   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

The spatial configuration of local climate zones reveals effects on wayfinding in human walking.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
The importance of easy wayfinding in complex urban settings has been recognized in spatial planning. Empirical measurement and explicit representation of wayfinding, however, have been limited in deciding spatial configurations.
Ping Yu Fan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wayfinding Research in Library and Information Studies: State of the Field

open access: yesEvidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2017
Objective – Often people enter libraries focused on their primary information needs and haven't considered their need for spatial information to find their way to what they need.
Lauren H. Mandel
doaj   +1 more source

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