Improving the experience of controlling avatars in camera-based games using physical input

Proceedings of the 14th Annual ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 73-76

  Li, Na ^a   Moraveji, Neema ^b   Kimura, Hiroaki ^c   Ofek, Eyal ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH ASIA   (China)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avatar; Camera based interaction; Interaction design; User study

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER CONTROL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

CAMERA-BASED INTERACTIONS; INTERACTION DESIGNS; INTUITIVE USERS; USER STUDY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34547199414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180639.1180663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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