A Unified Framework for Individualized Avatar-Based Interactions

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-132

  Nagendran, Arjun ^a   Pillat, Remo ^a   Kavanaugh, Adam ^a   Welch, Greg ^a   Hughes, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; BLENDING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TEACHING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

AVATAR-BASED INTERACTION; CENTRAL COMPONENT; CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; GESTURE-BASED INTERFACE; REMOTE ENVIRONMENT; SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL CHARACTER; AFTER ACTION REVIEW; CONTROLLED BEHAVIOR;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84905466549     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/PRES_a_00177     Document Type: Article

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