Navigational tools for desktop virtual environment interfaces

Virtual Reality

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 131-139

  Sayers, H M ^a   Wilson, S ^a   McNeill, M D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Usability; Virtual environments; Visual navigation tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750139721     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-004-0124-2     Document Type: Article

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