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Desktop virtualization is a software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device that is used to access it. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Desktop virtualizationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Immersive and desktop virtual reality in virtual fashion stores: a comparison between shopping experiencesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Reconfigurable Computing Systems EngineeringThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Desktop virtual environments: a study of navigation and ageCited 45 times
- Go sideways: WanovaA closely related topic
- Go sideways: VirtualizationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A desktop (visual workspace) offering more space than the physical screen would usually allow, controlled either by scrolling or by switching between screenfuls.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Desktop virtual environments: a study of navigation and age
Desktop haptic virtual assembly using physically based modelling
Evaluation of Control Interfaces for Desktop Virtual Environments
Efficient resource management for virtual desktop cloud computing
Utility-directed resource allocation in virtual desktop clouds
Desktop VR as a Virtual Workspace: a Cognitive Aspect
Energy-Oriented Partial Desktop Virtual Machine Migration
Navigational tools for desktop virtual environment interfaces
🆕 Influential since 2022
Immersive and desktop virtual reality in virtual fashion stores: a comparison between shopping experiences
Signaling in 360° Desktop Virtual Reality Influences Learning Outcome and Cognitive Load
Skill retention after desktop and head-mounted-display virtual reality training
Intentions of Students to Continue Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Expectation Confirmation Model Perspective
Can desktop virtual reality effectively enhance academic achievement? —A meta-analysis
📚 Books worth reading
Reconfigurable Computing Systems EngineeringLev Kirischian · 2017
IEEE 1998 Virtual Reality Annual International SymposiumIEEE Virtual Reality International Symposium (1998 Atlanta, Ga.), Ga.) IEEE Virtual Reality International Symposium (1998 : Atlanta · 1998
Citrix XenApp Performance EssentialsLuca Dentella · 2013
Touch in virtual environmentsMargaret L. McLaughlin, Joao P. Hespanha · 2001
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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