HOMERE: a multimodal system for visually impaired people to explore virtual environments

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 251-258

  Lecuyer, Anatole ^a   Mobuchon, Pascal ^b   Megard, Christine ^a   Perret, Jérôme ^b   Andriot, Claude ^a   Colinot, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a CEA LIST   (France)

^b ONDIM ^*  (France)

^c CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Discrete event simulation; Force feedback; Layout; Navigation; Sun; Testing; Thermal force; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; NAVIGATION; SUN; TESTING; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; FORCE FEEDBACK; LAYOUT; MULTIMODAL SYSTEM; THERMAL FORCES; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84941550804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2003.1191147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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