Improving remote collaborative process modelling using embodiment in 3D virtual environments

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-60

  Poppe, Erik ^a   Brown, Ross ^a   Recker, Jan ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avatars; Business process modelling; Collaboration; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; AVATARS; BUSINESS PROCESS MODELLING; CO-LOCATED COLLABORATION; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; REMOTE COLLABORATION;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 85013935142     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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