Detecting eye blinking of a real-world student and introducing to the virtual e-Learning environment

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 22, Issue , 2013, Pages 717-726

  Dharmawansa, Asanka D ^a   Nakahira, Katsuko T ^a   Fukumura, Yoshimi ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avatar; E Learning; Eye blinking; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896959275     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.09.153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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