The bespoke 3DUI XNA framework: A low-cost platform for prototyping 3D spatial interfaces in video games

Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Video Games, Sandbox '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 55-62

  Varcholik, Paul D ^a   LaViola Jr , Joseph J ^a   Hughes, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

3DUI; Framework; Game development; User interface

Indexed keywords

3D USER INTERFACE; 3DUI; COMMERCIAL VIDEO; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAME TECHNOLOGIES; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE LIBRARIES; USER INTERACTION; VIDEO GAME;

COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MACHINERY; RESEARCH; THREE DIMENSIONAL; USER INTERFACES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 70450267345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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