The mental vision framework - A platform for teaching, practicing and researching with computer graphics and virtual reality

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5080 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 242-260

  Peternier, Achille ^a   Vexo, Frederic ^a   Thalmann, Daniel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CAVE; Computer Graphics; Immersion; Mobile devices; Teaching and learning; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISUALIZATION; EDUTAINMENT; GRAPHICS ENGINE; HEIDELBERG (CO); RENDERING QUALITY; STUDY CASES;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 47749138215     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69744-2_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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