The roles of sensory modalities in collaborative virtual environments (CVEs)

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1404-1417

  Nam, Chang S ^a   Shu, Joseph ^b   Chung, Donghun ^c  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b Handshake VR Inc   (Canada)

^c Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs); Copresence; Haptic feedback; Presence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS (CVES); HAPTIC FEEDBACK; HUMAN PERCEPTION;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 42249112639     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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