Supporting presentation techniques based on virtual humans in Educational Virtual Worlds

Proceedings - 2005 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 245-252

  Chittaro, Luca ^a   Ieronutti, Lucio ^a   Rigutti, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

COST CONSTRAINTS; EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL WORLDS (EVW); VIRTUAL HUMANS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33745138523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2005.86     Document Type: Conference Paper

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