RUIS - A toolkit for developing virtual reality applications with spatial interaction

SUI 2014 - Proceedings of the 2nd ACM Symposium on Spatial User Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 94-103

  Takala, Tuukka M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D user interface; Software toolkit; Unity

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3D USER INTERFACE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; FULL-BODY INTERACTION; INTERFACE SYSTEM; SOFTWARE TOOLKITS; SPATIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL USER INTERFACES; UNITY;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84910608077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2659766.2659774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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