Gesture-based mobile training of intercultural behavior

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-51

  Rehm, Matthias ^a   Leichtenstern, Karin ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enculturated systems; Mobile edutainment; Serious games; Virtual agents

Indexed keywords

CURRENT TRENDS; EDUTAINMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION; MOBILE SOLUTIONS; NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR; ROLE-PLAYS; SERIOUS GAMES; SYSTEM FEATURES; TRAINING UNIT; USER INTERACTION; VIRTUAL AGENT;

COMMUNICATION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; MOBILE AGENTS; SPEECH;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861664393     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-011-0239-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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