From spatial proximity to semantic coherence: A quantitative approach to the study of group dynamics in collaborative virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-103

  Chen, Chaomei ^a   Börner, Katy ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENTS (CIVE); GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP INTERACTION; INFORMATION-VISUALIZATION;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DISTANCE EDUCATION; SEMANTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 18144428362     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1054746053890260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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