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Theatricality and Levels of Believability in Graphical Virtual Environments

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The experience theatre has in the creation of believable performance environments, could be constructively transferred to the emerging field of computer virtual environments…There seems to me to be little to differentiate between these worlds…other than the medium of delivery.

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  1. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

    David K. Manley

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Chadwick Building, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Ray Paton B.Ed, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol

  2. Computer Science, Foresight Centre, 3 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK

    Irene Neilson MA, PhD, MSc

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Manley, D.K. (1999). Theatricality and Levels of Believability in Graphical Virtual Environments. In: Paton, R., Neilson, I. (eds) Visual Representations and Interpretations. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0563-3_34

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