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PRESENCE
2000
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Using Presence Questionnaires in Reality
A between-group experiment was carried out to assess whether two different presence questionnaires can distinguish between real and virtual experiences. One group of 10 subjects s...
Martin Usoh, Ernest Catena, Sima Arman, Mel Slater
ETS
2000
IEEE
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NetChat: Communication and Collaboration via WWW
Practice has shown that providing content to students alone is not sufficient for good learning results. In computer based training (CBT) and especially webbased training (WBT) en...
Reinhard Kreutz, Sven Kiesow, Klaus Spitzer
CGF
2000
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Modelling Virtual Cities Dedicated to Behavioural Animation
In order to populate virtual cities, it is necessary to specify the behaviour of dynamic entities such as pedestrians or car drivers. Since a complete mental model based on vision...
Gwenola Thomas, Stéphane Donikian
VR
2008
IEEE
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Transfer of learning in virtual environments: a new challenge?
: The aim of all education is to apply what we learn in different contexts and to recognise and extend this learning to new situations. Virtual learning environments can used to bu...
Cyril Bossard, Gilles Kermarrec, Cédric Buc...
TROB
2008
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On the Synthesis of Haptic Textures
Advanced, synthetic haptic virtual environments require textured virtual surfaces. We found that texturing smooth surfaces often reduces the system passivity margin of a haptic sim...
Gianni Campion, Vincent Hayward
IJVR
2007
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Design and Narrative Structure for the Virtual Human Scenarios
—This article describes the design of the two application scenarios of the Virtual Human project and its integration into the Virtual Human system. This includes overall concepts...
Stefan Göbel, Ido Aharon Iurgel, Markus R&oum...
PSYCHNOLOGY
2006
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Using a Flexible Virtual Environment for Treating a Storm Phobia
Most of the Virtual Environments (VE) currently available in the field of psychological treatments are designed to solve a specific problem (acrophobia, flying phobia, claustropho...
Cristina Botella, Rosa María Baños, ...
MMS
2006
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A platform for virtual collaboration spaces and educational communities: the case of EVE
This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of EVE Community Prototype, which is an educational virtual community aiming to meet the requirements of a Virtual Col...
Christos Bouras, Eri Giannaka, Alexandros Panagopo...
JMM2
2006
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Employing the Hand as an Interface Device
We propose algorithms and applications for using the hand as an interface device in virtual and physical spaces. In virtual drawing, by tracking the hand in 3D and estimating a vir...
Afshin Sepehri, Yaser Yacoob, Larry S. Davis
ISM
2006
IEEE
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Networked Experiments and Scientific Resource Sharing in Cooperative Knowledge Spaces
Cooperative knowledge spaces create new potentials for the experimental fields in natural sciences and engineering because they enhance the accessibility of experimental setups th...
Sabine Cikic, Sabina Jeschke, Thomas Richter, Uwe ...