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Interaction Models, Reference, and Interactivity in Speech Interfaces to Virtual Environments

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Virtual Environments ’95

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The enhancement of a virtual reality environment with a speech interface is described. Some areas where the virtual reality environment benefits from the spoken modality are identified as well as some where the interpretation of natural language utterances benefits from being situated in a highly structured environment. The issue of interaction metaphors for this configuration of interface modalities is investigated.

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  1. Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jussi Karlgren, Ivan Bretan, Niklas Frost & Lars Jonsson

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  1. Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

    Martin Göbel

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Karlgren, J., Bretan, I., Frost, N., Jonsson, L. (1995). Interaction Models, Reference, and Interactivity in Speech Interfaces to Virtual Environments. In: Göbel, M. (eds) Virtual Environments ’95. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9433-1_13

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