Innovation and users: Virtual reality in the construction sector

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Whyte, Jennifer ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Information technology; Innovation; Users; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REUSABILITY;

DESIGN REUSE;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION;

EID: 0141994503     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000113690     Document Type: Article

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