The benefits of third-person perspective in virtual and augmented reality

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 27-30

  Salamin, Patrick ^a   Thalmann, Daniel ^a   Vexo, Frédéric ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distance evaluation; Exocentric perspective; Immersion; Presence; Proprio perception

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EVALUATION; EXOCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE; PROPRIO PERCEPTION; VIDEO GAMES;

ANIMATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34547433690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1180495.1180502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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