Immersive protein gaming for bio edutainment

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 466-475

  Cai, Yiyu ^a   Lu, Baifang ^a   Zheng, Jianmin ^a   Li, Lin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bio edutainment; Biology; Immersive gaming; Learning through playing; Protein structure; VR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750697575     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878106293677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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