Virtual museums, a survey and some issues for consideration

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 520-528

  Styliani, Sylaiou ^a   Fotis, Liarokapis ^b   Kostas, Kotsakis ^a   Petros, Patias ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Cultural informatics; E Heritage; Haptics; Virtual museums; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349768256     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2009.03.003     Document Type: Review

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