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CirculaFloor
January/February 2005 (vol. 25 no. 1)
pp. 64-67
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Hiroo Iwata, Hiroaki Yano, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Haruo Noma, "CirculaFloor," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 64-67, January/February, 2005.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MCG.2005.5,
author = {Hiroo Iwata and Hiroaki Yano and Hiroyuki Fukushima and Haruo Noma},
title = {CirculaFloor},
journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
issn = {0272-1716},
year = {2005},
pages = {64-67},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2005.5},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
TI - CirculaFloor
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SN - 0272-1716
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EPD - 64-67
A1 - Hiroo Iwata,
A1 - Hiroaki Yano,
A1 - Hiroyuki Fukushima,
A1 - Haruo Noma,
PY - 2005
KW - locomotion
KW - walking
KW - movable tiles
VL - 25
JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
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Hiroo Iwata, University of Tsukuba
Hiroaki Yano, University of Tsukuba
Hiroyuki Fukushima, University of Tsukuba
Haruo Noma, ATR Media Information Science Labs
CirculaFloor is a locomotion interface that uses a set of movable tiles. The movable tiles employ a holonomic mechanism that achieves omnidirectional motion. Circulation of the tiles enables the user to walk in a virtual environment while his or her position is maintained. The user can walk in any chosen direction in the virtual environment.

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Index Terms:
locomotion, walking, movable tiles
Citation:
Hiroo Iwata, Hiroaki Yano, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Haruo Noma, "CirculaFloor," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 64-67, Jan./Feb. 2005, doi:10.1109/MCG.2005.5
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