A cost-effective approach for developing application-control GUIs for virtual environments

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 121-

  Andujar, Carlos ^a   Fairén, Marta ^a   Argelaguet, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D window manager; Graphical user interfaces; Interaction techniques; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

3D WINDOW MANAGERS; GRAPHICAL DESIGN TOOLS; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; WIDGETS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WEB BROWSERS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 33750108387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2006.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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