PowerUp: An accessible virtual world

ASSETS'08: The 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-184

  Trewin, Shari ^a   Hanson, Vicki L ^a   Laff, Mark R ^a   Cavender, Anna ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Accessibility; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D; ACCESSIBILITY; COGNITIVE DISABILITIES; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; TEXT TO SPEECH; USER REQUIREMENTS; VALIDATION STUDIES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 62949239103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1414471.1414504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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