Mobile augmented reality and context-awareness for firefighters

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 42-47

  Siu, Teresa ^a   Herskovic, Valeria ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

augmented reality; awareness; firefighters

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONTEXT-AWARENESS; FIREFIGHTERS; FOCUS GROUPS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY;

AUGMENTED REALITY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS;

EID: 84893284682     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2014.6716491     Document Type: Article

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