Collaborative virtual environment technology for people with autism

Proceedings - 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 247-248

  Cheng, Yufang ^a   Moore, David ^a   McGrath, Paul ^a   Fan, Yulei ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (CVE);

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33749065767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICALT.2005.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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