A new option for the visually impaired to experience 3D art at museums: Manual exploration of virtual copies

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Jansson, Gunnar ^a   Bergamasco, Massimo ^b   Frisoli, Antonio ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D art; haptic display; manual exploration; museum; Visually impaired

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006934705     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.5.1.1.15973     Document Type: Article

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