Virtual multi-Tools for hand and tool-based interaction with life-size virtual human agents

3DUI - IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 23-30

  Kotranza, Aaron ^a   Johnsen, Kyle ^a   Cendan, Juan ^b   Miller, Bayard ^b   Lind, D Scott ^c   Lok, Benjamin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D interaction; Tool based interaction; Virtual humans

Indexed keywords

3D INTERACTION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ERROR PRONES; HAPTIC FEEDBACKS; HIGH FIDELITY; INTERACTION DEVICES; NINTENDO WII; NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR; ROBUST RECOGNITION; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; UNENCUMBERED INTERACTIONS; VERBAL INTERACTION; VIRTUAL HUMANS;

HAND TOOLS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SPEECH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 70349324696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/3DUI.2009.4811201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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