The effects of text drawing styles, background textures, and natural lighting on text legibility in outdoor augmented reality

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-32

  Gabbard, Joseph L ^a   Swan II, J Edward ^b   Mix, Deborah ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645748367     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.2006.15.1.16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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