Comparing and evaluating real time character engines for virtual environments

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-117

  Gillies, Marco ^a   Spanlang, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 77953524443     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.19.2.95     Document Type: Article

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