FreeWalk/Q: Social interaction platform in virtual space

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 97-104

  Nakanishi, Hideyuki ^a   Ishida, Toru ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agent; Avatar; Interaction platform; Scenario description; Social interaction; Virtual city; Virtual community; Virtual space; Virtual training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; NAVIGATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOPOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

AGENT; AVATAR; INTERACTION PLATFORM; SCENARIO DESCRIPTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL CITY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL SPACE; VIRTUAL TRAINING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 17044367594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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