A group game played in interactive virtual space: Design and evaluation

Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, DIS

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 56-63

  Strömberg, Hanna ^a   Väätänen, Antti ^a   Räty, Veli Pekka ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer games; Human centred design; Shared experiences; User interface; Virtual space

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER GAME; COMPUTER GAMES; LOCATION BASED; SHARED EXPERIENCES; SPATIAL USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL SPACES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33746447932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/778712.778724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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