Making virtual reality useful: A report on immersive applications at Iowa State University

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 147-155

  Cruz Neira, Carolina ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering applications; Interactive visualization; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0032137427     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-739x(98)00017-x     Document Type: Article

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