Latency and avatars in Virtual Environments and the effects on gait for persons with mobility impairments

IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interface 2013, 3DUI 2013 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 23-30

  Samaraweera, Gayani ^a   Guo, Rongkai ^a   Quarles, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

avatars; latency; mobility impaired; universal usability; user studies; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AVATARS; GAIT PARAMETERS; LATENCY; MOBILITY-IMPAIRED PERSON; UNIVERSAL USABILITY; USER STUDY; WALKING PATTERN;

USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84884859773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/3DUI.2013.6550192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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