The SimCon Generator: An interactive context simulator for rapid evaluation of Smart Building Applications using Virtual Reality

2011 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, PERCOM Workshops 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 50-55

  McGlinn, Kris ^a   Brennan, Rob ^a   O'Sullivan, Declan ^a   Lewis, Dave ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Context; Simulation; Smart Buildings

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; CONTEXT; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; LOCATION CONTEXTS; SIMULATION;

UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BUILDINGS;

EID: 79958033527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PERCOMW.2011.5766943     Document Type: Conference Paper

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