Virtual environments and the enhancement of spatial behavior: Towards a comprehensive research agenda

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 593-615

  Durlach, Nat ^a   Allen, Gary ^c   Darken, Rudy ^c   Garnett, Rebecca Lee ^c   Loomis, Jack ^b   Templeman, Jim ^c   Von Wiegand, Thomas E ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039623139     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474600300040402     Document Type: Review

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