Evaluating the effectiveness of occlusion reduction techniques for 3D virtual environments

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 9-18

  Elmqvist, Niklas ^a   Tudoreanu, M Eduard ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

3D space distortion; Evaluation; Interaction techniques; Occlusion management; Occlusion reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PATTERN MATCHING;

INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; OCCLUSION MANAGEMENT; OCCLUSION REDUCTION; SPACE DISTORTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34547409910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180495.1180500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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