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Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar. / Lund, Kate Joanne; Coulton, Paul; Edwards, Reuben.
MindTrek '09 Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era. New York: ACM, 2009. p. 11-14.

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Lund, KJ, Coulton, P & Edwards, R 2009, Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar. in MindTrek '09 Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era. ACM, New York, pp. 11-14, 13th MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiqutious Era, Tampere, Finland, 30/09/09. https://doi.org/10.1145/1621841.1621845

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Lund, K. J., Coulton, P., & Edwards, R. (2009). Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar. In MindTrek '09 Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era (pp. 11-14). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/1621841.1621845

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Lund KJ, Coulton P, Edwards R. Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar. In MindTrek '09 Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era. New York: ACM. 2009. p. 11-14 doi: 10.1145/1621841.1621845

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Lund, Kate Joanne ; Coulton, Paul ; Edwards, Reuben. / Ambient Conversations using a Physical Avatar. MindTrek '09 Proceedings of the 13th International MindTrek Conference: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era. New York : ACM, 2009. pp. 11-14

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