Bringing mobile guides and fitness activities together: A solution based on an embodied virtual trainer

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-36

  Buttussi, Fabio ^a   Chittaro, Luca ^a   Nadalutti, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embodied agents; Fitness applications; Mobile guides; User evaluation; Virtual trainers

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; USER INTERFACES;

EMBODIED AGENTS; FITNESS APPLICATIONS; MOBILE GUIDES; USER EVALUATION; VIRTUAL TRAINERS;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 34547288193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1152215.1152222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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