Virtual environments applications and applied ergonomics

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-9

  Wilson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied ergonomics; Participation; Task analysis; Training; Virtual environments; Virtual reality; Workplace redesign

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY; TASK ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE REDESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; TRAINING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033081430     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(98)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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