Designing an aural user interface for enhancing spatial conceptualization

Proceedings of the 2nd IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 205-210

  Nomura, Shigueo ^a   Utsunomiya, Takuya ^a   Tsuchinaga, Masayoshi ^a   Shiose, Takayuki ^a   Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Katai, Osamu ^a   Yamanaka, Keiji ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3D acoustic space; Aural surface; Spatial conceptualization; User interface; Virtual track; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMPUTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; USER INTERFACES;

3D ACOUSTIC SPACE; AURAL SURFACE; SPATIAL CONCEPTUALIZATION; VIRTUAL TRACK; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 54949088256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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