Worldlets: 3-D thumbnails for wayfinding in large virtual worlds

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 565-582

  Elvins, T Todd ^a   Nadeau, David R ^c   Schul, Rina ^c   Kirsh, David ^b  

^a Indicast Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0039842105     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474601753272835     Document Type: Article

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