DSCVR: designing a commodity hybrid virtual reality system

Virtual Reality

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-70

  Ponto, Kevin ^a   Kohlmann, Joe ^a   Tredinnick, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; Commodity hardware; Display wall; High resolution; Hybrid reality; Immersive systems; Passive stereo; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMODITY HARDWARE; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID REALITY; IMMERSIVE SYSTEM; PASSIVE STEREO;

MIXED REALITY;

EID: 84925533326     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-014-0254-0     Document Type: Article

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