What virtual reality can offer to the furniture industry

Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Oh, Hyunjoo ^a   Yoon, So Yeon ^a   Hawley, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

e commerce; Furniture industry; Market research; Textile industry; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMIZATION; E-COMMERCE; FURNITURE; HOUSEHOLD TEXTILE; MARKETING; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 32644451576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15330915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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