Virtual reality school for children with learning difficulties

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2005, Pages 338-341

  Vera, Lucia ^a   Herrera, Gerardo ^a   Vived, Elias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Asociacion Down Huesca   (Spain)

Author keywords

edutainment; learning difficulties; real time graphics; special education; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL NEEDS; EDUTAINMENT; LEARNING DIFFICULTIES; REAL TIME GRAPHICS; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 70450254723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178477.1178541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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