Computer game engines for developing first-person virtual environments

Virtual Reality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-187

  Trenholme, David ^a   Smith, Shamus P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer game technology; Game engines; Prototyping; Reuse; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER GAME TECHNOLOGY; GAME ENGINES; PROTOTYPING; REUSE; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 51549103028     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-008-0092-z     Document Type: Article

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