Virtual object specification for usable virtual environments

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 206, Issue , 2006, Pages 183-190

  Smith, Shamus P ^a   Willans, James S ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Xactium Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

design; requirements; scenarios; specification; virtual environments; virtual world objects

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PHASE; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; ERROR PRONES; OBJECTS EARLY; TASK-BASED; USABILITY PROBLEMS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL OBJECTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953491280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1228175.1228208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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