An overview of the COVEN platform

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-127

  Frécon, Emmanuel ^a   Smith, Gareth ^b   Steed, Anthony ^c   Stenius, Mårten ^d   Ståhl, Olov ^d  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 0035607491     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474601750182351     Document Type: Article

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