Spherical mechanism synthesis in virtual reality

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Furlong, Todd J ^a   Vance, Judy M ^a   Larochelle, Pierre M ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING;

DESIGN INTERFACE; DESIGN METHOD; FIXED-OBJECTS; GEOMETRIC MODELS; HAND GESTURE; NEW APPROACHES; SPHERICAL MECHANISMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGNS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84868150333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC98/DAC-5584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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