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During the last decade the word virtual became one of the most exposed words in the English language. Today, we have virtual universities, virtual offices, virtual pets, virtual graveyards, virtual exhibitions, virtual wind tunnels, virtual actors, virtual studios, virtual museums, and virtual doctors — and all because of virtual reality (VR).
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Vince, J. (2004). Virtual Reality. In: Introduction to Virtual Reality. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-386-2_1
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