A metric to quantify virtual scene movement for the study of cybersickness: Definition, implementation, and verification

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 193-215

  So, Richard H Y ^a   Ho, Andy ^a   Lo, W T ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0041028971     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105474601750216803     Document Type: Article

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