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   Prithul, Aniruddha ; Folmer, Eelke ( March 2021 , 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW))

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3. Does teleporting length affect spatial awareness?

   Yao, Q. ; Zhao, Y ; Creem-Regehr, S. H. ; Stefanucci, J. K. ; Bodenheimer, B. ( September 2023 , ISMAR-Adjunct workshop on Perception, Cognition, Comfort and User Safety)

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