A decade of research on the use of three-dimensional virtual worlds in health care: A systematic literature review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ghanbarzadeh, Reza ^a   Ghapanchi, Amir Hossein ^a   Blumenstein, Michael ^a   Talaei Khoei, Amir ^b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D virtual worlds; 3DVW; Health care

Indexed keywords

3D VIRTUAL WORLDS; 3DVW; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; REVIEW;

3D VIRTUAL WORLDS; 3DVW; HEALTH CARE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84897618127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3097     Document Type: Review

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