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Using an Autonomous Cube for Basic Navigation and Input. / Van Laerhoven, Kristof; Villar, Nicolas; Kortuem, Gerd et al.
5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces. 2003. p. 203-211.

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Van Laerhoven, K, Villar, N, Kortuem, G, Gellersen, H & Schmidt, A 2003, Using an Autonomous Cube for Basic Navigation and Input. in 5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces. pp. 203-211, 5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces, Vancouver, Canada, 1/01/00. https://doi.org/10.1145/958432.958472

APA

Van Laerhoven, K., Villar, N., Kortuem, G., Gellersen, H., & Schmidt, A. (2003). Using an Autonomous Cube for Basic Navigation and Input. In 5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces (pp. 203-211) https://doi.org/10.1145/958432.958472

Vancouver

Van Laerhoven K, Villar N, Kortuem G, Gellersen H, Schmidt A. Using an Autonomous Cube for Basic Navigation and Input. In 5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces. 2003. p. 203-211 doi: 10.1145/958432.958472

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Van Laerhoven, Kristof ; Villar, Nicolas ; Kortuem, Gerd et al. / Using an Autonomous Cube for Basic Navigation and Input. 5th international conference on Multimodal interfaces. 2003. pp. 203-211

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