We live in the day of information Society and the seeking of the information is very important in these days. The designer’s role is to give the suitable information to the right person in proper time most effectively and efficiently. However, because of getting too much information, information-users often feel like “lost in cyber space.” Problem solving is the goal of design. So finding and suggesting the new method from existing studies for navigation is meaningful. Because words in information design are associated with spatial navigation in real world, observing the spatial navigation and suggesting the new idea can be a newer suggestion for information navigation.
So this study, which is based on the studies about existing navigation literature , user cognition, and spatial cognition, found problems in navigation which are spatial cognition, representation gaps, load of memory and the problem of control. To solve these problems, this study suggested some solutions which are providing 3D experience & multiple views, proper quantity of information, point by point navigation and tool for affordance and suggested the new navigation method in concrete. The ideas give the images applying the panoramic view at any crossing points for effective spatial cognition and provide immersive views, fly-over views and map view for spatial cognition by 3D experience. In case of external aids, this study suggested the map interaction tool by electromagnetic induction for efficient 3D navigation.
For development of navigation system, the existing technologies about VR and interaction tools were studied. After that electromagnetic induction technology for interacting with map was adopted. Finally the special lens for collecting panoramic images and a program language to spread collecting images for interaction was used.
To verify the new navigation idea, the system was developed and the experiment was done with it. The validity and problems were found through the experiment and the findings in the study will be useful for the related studies.
