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CSCW
2002
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Physical and Virtual Tools: Activity Theory Applied to the Design of Groupware
Activity theory is based on the concept of tools mediating between subjects and objects. In this theory, an individual's creative interaction with his or her surroundings can ...
Morten Fjeld, Kristina Lauche, Martin Bichsel, Fre...
ICHIM
2001
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15 years 3 months ago
Exhibiting in Shared Virtual Environments: Realistic 3D Museum Representation over the Web
The work proposed in this paper is part of the development of an integrated environment for the exhibition of digitised museum artefacts. This environment will enable the realisti...
Tasos Harisis, George Koutalieris, Constantinos Ks...
CE
2007
133views more  CE 2007»
15 years 1 months ago
Reusable, lifelike virtual humans for mentoring and role-playing
Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...
Edward M. Sims
APGV
2010
ACM
236views Visualization» more  APGV 2010»
15 years 5 months ago
The effect of stereo and context on memory and awareness states in immersive virtual environments
Spatial awareness is crucial for human performance efficiency of any task that entails perception of space. Memory of spaces is an imperfect reflection of the cognitive activity (...
Adam Bennett, Matthew Coxon, Katerina Mania
SIGGRAPH
2009
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Multi-touch everywhere!
In this paper, we describe a set of hardware and software tools for creating musical controllers with any flat surface or simple object, such as tables, walls, metallic plates, wo...
Alain Crevoisier, Greg Kellum