Augmenting audio messages with visual directions in mobile guides: An evaluation of three approaches

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 111, Issue , 2005, Pages 107-114

  Chittaro, Luca ^a   Burigat, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mobile guides; Navigation aids

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES; MOBILE GUIDES; NAVIGATION AIDS; NAVIGATION GUIDANCE; VISUAL DIRECTIONS;

MOBILE DEVICES; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77953780945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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