Mediated social touch: a review of current research and future directions

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Virtual Reality

• Publication date

  2006-01-31

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1007/s10055-005-0014-2
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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