A Direct Comparison of Presence Levels in Text-based and Graphics-based Virtual Environments

ACM International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality and Visualisation in Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 53-56

  Nunez, David ^a   Blake, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Presence; Priming; Virtual Environments

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA REDUCTION; DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; TEXT PROCESSING;

PRESENCE LEVELS; PRIMING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 1542315288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/602338.602340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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