The AS interactive project: Single-user and collaborative virtual environments for people with high-functioning autistic spectrum disorders

Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Rutten, Anja ^a   Cobb, Sue ^a   Neale, Helen ^b   Kerr, Steven ^b   Leonard, Anne ^c   Parsons, Sarah ^d   Mitchell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Rolls Royce ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c AS Interactive Project

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autistic spectrum disorders; Collaborative virtual environment; Single user virtual environment; Social skills training; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS (ASD); COLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; SINGLE-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 21644464805     PISSN: 10498907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/vis.320     Document Type: Article

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