Wheelchair simulators: A review

Technology and Disability

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Pithon, Thomas ^a   Weiss, Tamar ^b   Richir, Simon ^a   Klinger, Evelyne ^a  

^a ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Perception; Simulator; Training; Virtual wheelchair

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 68349148292     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2009-0268     Document Type: Review

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