Putting it in perspective: Designing a 3D visualization to contextualize indigenous knowledge in rural Namibia

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference, DIS '12

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 196-199

  Jensen, Kasper L ^a   Winschiers Theophilus, Heike ^a   Rodil, Kasper ^b   Winschiers Goagoses, Naska ^c   Kapuire, Gereon K ^a   Kamukuenjandje, Richard ^a  

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D interfaces; cultural design; HCI4D; ICT4D; indigenous knowledge; perception; perspective; visualization

Indexed keywords

3D INTERFACE; HCI4D; ICT4D; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PERSPECTIVE;

DESIGN; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GROUP THEORY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84864757012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2317956.2317986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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