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CG
2004
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
Where computers disappear, virtual humans appear
In this paper, we survey the role of virtual humans (or embodied conversational agents) in smart and ambient intelligence environments. Research in this area can profit from resea...
Anton Nijholt
VR
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Designing and Evaluating a Haptic System for Biomolecular Education
In this paper we present an in situ evaluation of a haptic system, with a representative test population, we aim to determine what, if any, benefit haptics can have in a biomolec...
Petter Bivall Persson, Matthew D. Cooper, Lena A. ...
ACMDIS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Constructivism, virtual reality and tools to support design
This paper describes a process for creating a design tool, which is based in constructivism. The process is described for the creation of a tool to help novices in designing virtu...
Cara Winterbottom, Edwin H. Blake
CHI
2001
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Reaching movements to augmented and graphic objects in virtual environments
This work explores how the availability of visual and haptic feedback affects the kinematics of reaching performance in a tabletop virtual environment. Eight subjects performed re...
Andrea H. Mason, Masuma A. Walji, Elaine J. Lee, C...
ICALT
2003
IEEE
14 years 27 days ago
Supporting Social Awareness: Requirements for Educational CVE
Social awareness is essential for effective learning. However, natural environments do not always provide optimal support for it. We analyze the potentials of Collaborative Virtua...
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Monica Divitin...