Virtual interpersonal touch: Haptic interaction and copresence in collaborative virtual environments

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-14

  Bailenson, Jeremy N ^a   Yee, Nick ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative virtual environments; Haptic interaction; Presence; Social touch

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION; HAPTIC INTERACTION; VIRTUAL INTERPERSONAL TOUCH;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 39049169117     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-007-0171-2     Document Type: Article

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