Haptic science learning system for students with visual impairments: A preliminary study

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5616 LNCS, Issue PART 3, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Yamaguchi, Takehiko ^a   Johnson, Steve ^a   Kim, Hyung Nam ^b   Li, Yueqing ^a   Nam, Chang S ^a   Smith Jackson, Tonya L ^b  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive Technology; Haptic Virtual Environment; Science Learning; Universal Design

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; FOCUS GROUPS; HAPTIC APPLICATIONS; HAPTIC VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; MENU SELECTION; SCIENCE LEARNING; UNIVERSAL DESIGN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

DESIGN; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; OBJECT RECOGNITION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HAPTIC INTERFACES;

EID: 70350326306     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02713-0_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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