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The drift table: designing for ludic engagement. / Gaver, William W.; Bowers, John; Boucher, Andrew et al.
CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York: ACM, 2004. p. 885-900.

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Gaver, WW, Bowers, J, Boucher, A, Pennington, S, Gellersen, H, Schmidt, A, Steed, A, Villars, N & Walker, B 2004, The drift table: designing for ludic engagement. in CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. ACM, New York, pp. 885-900. https://doi.org/10.1145/985921.985947

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Gaver, W. W., Bowers, J., Boucher, A., Pennington, S., Gellersen, H., Schmidt, A., Steed, A., Villars, N., & Walker, B. (2004). The drift table: designing for ludic engagement. In CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (pp. 885-900). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/985921.985947

Vancouver

Gaver WW, Bowers J, Boucher A, Pennington S, Gellersen H, Schmidt A et al. The drift table: designing for ludic engagement. In CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York: ACM. 2004. p. 885-900 doi: 10.1145/985921.985947

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Gaver, William W. ; Bowers, John ; Boucher, Andrew et al. / The drift table: designing for ludic engagement. CHI '04 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York : ACM, 2004. pp. 885-900

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