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3D interactive multimedia (3DIMM) makes it possible to interact with virtually created, lifelike worlds, consisting of nothing but the stuff that dreams are made of. Thus a crucial limit in aesthetic constructs between on the one hand the audience and on the other actors has been abolished.

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Stigel, J. (2001). The Limits of Narration. In: Qvortrup, L. (eds) Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3698-9_15

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