Virtual worlds: Synopsis of user interfaces and accessibility initiatives

AusWeb 2008: 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hansen, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; CLIENT SOFTWARE; MOTION-IMPAIRED; MULTI-MEDIA; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

AUDITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84873244522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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