Entertainment beyond divertissment: Using computer games for city road accessibility

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Roccetti, Marco ^a   Marfia, Gustavo ^a   Palazzi, Claudio Enrico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Serious games; Walking disability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMPUTER GAME; IT INDUSTRY; ORIGIN DESTINATION; SERIOUS GAMES; WALKING DISABILITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 80051960520     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1998376.1998381     Document Type: Article

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