HCI: Paper Review assessment item

Been experiencing some difficulties trying to obtain papers I want, however after much searching, where there's a means, there's a way.

Selected Paper: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1610849.1610871

Evaluation of Non-photorealistic 3D Urban Models for Mobile Device Navigation

Christos Gatzidis, Vesna Brujic-Okretic and Maria Mastroyanni

Abstract

This research presents a user evaluation study examining the effect different rendering styles of 3D virtual city models, as intended for navigational purposes, could potentially have on users with emphasis on non-photorealistically rendered (NPR) stylizations. The purpose of this experiment is to establish whether, particularly for the application area mentioned above, non-photorealistic, expressive rendering could provide alternative, more effective visual styles than the photorealistic representations of urban areas usually opted for by developers today. 50 participants were exposed to a predominably questionnaire-based study assessing various parameters by observation of the models on a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC). The results of this research could potentially have significant implications on how future pedestrian navigational software should be visualized in the future.

ACM: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1610849.1610871

Google Books: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Fp8-CgjgsM4C&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=Evaluation+of+Non-photorealistic+3D+Urban+Models+for+Mobile+Device+Navigation&source=bl&ots=1RhqfaUb79&sig=EX135W49Dyr8WULI79xlhqCOBbI&hl=en&ei=uTOFTM7UKtDJcaCjqNAL&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Evaluation%20of%20Non-photorealistic%203D%20Urban%20Models%20for%20Mobile%20Device%20Navigation&f=false

Full Text: (Available for JCU download)http://www.springerlink.com/content/f460734248124871/

Now just to get approval from Bruce then will be able to start on the Paper Review.