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The Social Reality of Virtual Worlds

By: Robert FraserORCID  
Open Access
|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/met.156 | Journal eISSN: 2515-8279
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 15, 2024
Accepted on: Oct 4, 2024
Published on: Nov 25, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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