Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. I. General issues in the design and use of virtual and adaptive environments. Visual perception of egocentric distance in real and virtual environments ; A unified approach to presence and motion sickness ; Transfer of training in virtual environments : issues for human performance ; Beyond the limits of real-time realism : moving from stimulation correspondence to information correspondence ; On the nature and evaluation of fidelity in virtual environments ; Adapting to telesystems -- pt. II. virtual environments. A tongue-based tactile display for portrayal of environmental characteristics ; Spatial audio displays for target acquisition and speech communications ; Learning action plans in a virtual environment ; Fidelity of disparity-based stereopsis ; Configural scoring of simulator sickness, cybersickness, and space adaptation syndrome : similarities and differences ; A cybernetic analysis of the tunnel-in-the-sky display ; Alternative control technology for uninhabited aerial vehicles : human factors considerations ; Medical applications of virtual reality ; Face-to-face communication ; Integration of human factors aspects in the design of spatial navigation displays ; Implementing perception-action coupling for laparoscopy ; Psychological and physiological issues of the medical use of virtual reality -- pt. III. Adaptive environments. Supporting the adaptive human expert : a critical element in the design of meaning processing systems ; A human factors approach to adaptive aids ; Adaptive pilot/vehicle interfaces for the tactical air environment ; The implementation of psycho-electrophysiological interface virtual environments.

Virtual and adaptive environments are systems composed of humans, computers, and interface devices. This text seeks to illustrate the many ways in which psychological science is contributing to and benefiting from the increased development and application of these nascent systems.