Temporal and spatial variations in presence: Qualitative analysis of interviews from an experiment on breaks in presence

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-309

  Garau, Maia ^a   Friedman, Doron ^a   Widenfeld, Hila Ritter ^a   Antley, Angus ^a   Brogni, Andrea ^a   Slater, Mel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 44449106045     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.17.3.293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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