Heuristic evaluation of virtual reality applications

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 831-849

  Sutcliffe, Alistair ^a   Gault, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAVE; Heuristic evaluation; Usability; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; RELIABILITY; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

CAVE; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; UASABILITY; VITUAL ENVIRONMENT;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 6344221449     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2004.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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