Provoking Reflection Through Artistic Games
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Steve Benford, Andy Crabtree, Martin Flintham, Duncan Rowland The Mixed Reality Laboratory, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham UK. {sdb, axc, mdf, dar}@cs.nott.ac.uk Bill Gaver Interaction Design Research Studio, The Royal College of Art, UK [email protected] Matt Adams, Ju RowFarr, Nick Tandavanitj Blast Theory Unit 43a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, London, UK. {matt, ju, nick}@blasttheory.co.uk Amanda Oldroyd, Jon Sutton BTexact Adastral Park, Martlesham, Ipswich,UK {amanda. oldroyd, jon.sutton}@bt.com
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