Visual perspectives within educational computer games: Effects on presence and flow within virtual immersive learning environments

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-254

  Scoresby, Jon ^a   Shelton, Brett E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Games; Immersion; Perspective; Presence; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954586406     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9126-5     Document Type: Article

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