Gender differences in usability and enjoyment of VR educational games: A study of SMILE&trade

Proceedings - International Conference Visualisation, VIS 2008, Visualisation in Built and Rural Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 114-119

  Adamo Villani, Nicoletta ^a   Wilbur, Ronnie ^a   Wasburn, Mara ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GAME THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

DISPLAY SYSTEMS; EASE-OF-USE; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GENDER EFFECTS; IMMERSIVE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; OBJECT MANIPULATIONS; PILOT STUDIES; REALITY LEARNING; RURAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; VISUALISATION;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 52249101548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VIS.2008.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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