How real should virtual characters be?

International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wagner, Daniel ^a   Billinghurst, Mark ^b   Schmalstieg, Dieter ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Handheld augmented reality; User study; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; EDUCATIONAL MOTION PICTURES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DESKTOP INTERFACES; EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; VIRTUAL CHARACTERS;

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 34547236524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178823.1178891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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