A comparison of the usability and effectiveness of web-based delivery of instructions for inherently-3D construction tasks on handheld and desktop computers

Web3D Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 49-54

  Zimmerman, Guy ^a   Barnes, Julie ^a   Leventhal, Laura ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handheld computer; Inherently 3D; Usability; User interface; VRML; Web 3D

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUGMENTED REALITY; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 84878312155     PISSN: 15529886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/636593.636601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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