- Award ID(s):
- 1815976
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10275195
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (ICAT-EGVE), 2020
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20201259
