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The Mernda VR Project: The Creation of a VR Reconstruction of an Australian Heritage Site Cover

The Mernda VR Project: The Creation of a VR Reconstruction of an Australian Heritage Site

By: Thomas Keep  
Open Access
|Nov 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.91 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 14, 2022
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Accepted on: Oct 3, 2022
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Published on: Nov 9, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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