Design of virtual reality systems for education: A cognitive approach

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-362

  Sánchez, Álvaro ^a   María Barreiro, José ^a   Maojo, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design of virtual reality systems; Metaphor; Virtual reality for education; Visualization of knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 23544466383     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012061809603     Document Type: Article

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