Design Challenges of Real Wearable Computers

Fundamentals Of Wearable Computers and Augmented Reality, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 583-618

  Reiss, Attila ^a   Amft, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU   (Germany)

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EID: 84983435301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18703-27     Document Type: Chapter

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