Visual realism enhances realistic response in an immersive virtual environment

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 76-84

  Slater, Mel ^a   Khanna, Pankaj ^a   Mortensen, Jesper ^a   Yu, Insu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avatar; Presence; Real time ray tracing; Reflections; Shadows; Virtual body; Virtual environments; Visual realism

Indexed keywords

AVATAR; PRESENCE; REAL-TIME RAY TRACING; SHADOWS; VIRTUAL BODY; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VISUAL REALISM;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REFLECTION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 67349226334     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.55     Document Type: Article

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