Experiences in using virtual reality in design and graphics classrooms

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1192-1198

  Smith, Shana S ^a   Saunders, Kevin P ^b   Antonenko, Pavlo ^c   Green, Travis ^d   Peterson, Neil ^e   Thompson, Ann D ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Des Moines Community College   (United States)

^e Iowa Central Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Design and graphics; Virtual reality; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249035126     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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