Telepresence and video games: The impact of image quality

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-112

  Bracken, Cheryl Campanella ^a   Skalski, Paul ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HD games; Presence; Telepresence; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 77549086010     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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