Head-mounted display versus desktop for 3D navigation in virtual reality: a user study

@article{Santos2008HeadmountedDV,
  title={Head-mounted display versus desktop for 3D navigation in virtual reality: a user study},
  author={Beatriz Sousa Santos and Paulo Dias and Angela Pimentel and Jan-Willem Baggerman and Carlos Ferreira and Samuel De Sousa Silva and Joaquim S. Madeira},
  journal={Multimedia Tools and Applications},
  year={2008},
  volume={41},
  pages={161-181}
}
Virtual Reality (VR) has been constantly evolving since its early days, and is now a fundamental technology in different application areas. User evaluation is a crucial step in the design and development of VR systems that do respond to users’ needs, as well as for identifying applications that indeed gain from the use of such technology. Yet, there is not much work reported concerning usability evaluation and validation of VR systems, when compared with the traditional desktop setup. The paper… 
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