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Intelligent Guidance in a Virtual University

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Virtual Reality technology [1–3], has introduced a new spatial metaphor with very interesting applications on Intelligent Navigation [4], social behaviour over virtual worlds [5], full body interaction [6], virtual studios [7], etc.

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Panayiotopoulos, T., Zacharis, N., Vosinakis, S. (1999). Intelligent Guidance in a Virtual University. In: Tzafestas, S.G. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Systems. International Series on Microprocessor-Based and Intelligent Systems Engineering, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4840-5_10

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