HISTORY: The use of the Kalman filter for human motion tracking in virtual reality

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-91

  Welch, Gregory F ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

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EID: 59349098166     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.18.1.72     Document Type: Review

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