On consistency and network latency in distributed interactive applications: A survey-part II

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-482

  Delaney, Declan ^a   Ward, Tomás ^a   McLoone, Seamus ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 33748642803     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.15.4.465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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