Systematic usability evaluation and design issues for collaborative virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-267

  Tromp, Jolanda G ^a   Steed, Anthony ^b   Wilson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (CVE);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0038070067     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474603765879512     Document Type: Article

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