Assessment of visual perception of web-based virtual environments simulations of an urban context

Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-126

  Mahmoud, Ayman Hassaan A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Simulation; Urban space; Visual perception; VRML; Web based virtual environments; X3D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859903044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19946961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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