Virtual lives: A reference handbook

Virtual Lives: A Reference Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-269

  Ivory, James D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

'CURRENT; 20TH CENTURY; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS; RESEARCH DATA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PRACTICES; SOCIETAL CONCERNS; SOCIETAL IMPACTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

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