CaveUDK: A VR game engine middleware

Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 137-144

  Lugrin, Jean Luc ^a,d   Charles, Fred ^a   Cavazza, Marc ^a   Le Renard, Marc ^b   Freeman, Jonathan ^c   Lessiter, Jane ^c  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ESIEA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Framework; Game Engine; Immersive Display; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

CYBERSICKNESS; DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE; FIRST PERSON SHOOTER GAMES; FRAMEWORK; FREE DISTRIBUTION; GAME ENGINE; GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMMERSIVE; IMMERSIVE DISPLAY; MULTIPLAYERS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; REUSABILITY OF SOFTWARE; USER STUDY;

BENCHMARKING; MIDDLEWARE; REUSABILITY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 84871982381     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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