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Virtual Reality, And All That

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A Network Orange

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When a word means everything, it means nothing. Even the term real needs an opposite.

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Crandall, R., Levich, M. (1998). Virtual Reality, And All That. In: A Network Orange. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2172-2_5

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