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ThinSight: A thin form-factor interactive surface technology: Communications of the ACM. / Izadi, S.; Hodges, S.; Butler, A. et al.
In: Commun ACM, Vol. 52, No. 12, 01.12.2009, p. 90-98.

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Izadi, S, Hodges, S, Butler, A, West, D, Rrustemi, A, Molloy, M & Buxton, W 2009, 'ThinSight: A thin form-factor interactive surface technology: Communications of the ACM', Commun ACM, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1145/1610252.1610277

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Izadi, S., Hodges, S., Butler, A., West, D., Rrustemi, A., Molloy, M., & Buxton, W. (2009). ThinSight: A thin form-factor interactive surface technology: Communications of the ACM. Commun ACM, 52(12), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1145/1610252.1610277

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Izadi S, Hodges S, Butler A, West D, Rrustemi A, Molloy M et al. ThinSight: A thin form-factor interactive surface technology: Communications of the ACM. Commun ACM. 2009 Dec 1;52(12):90-98. doi: 10.1145/1610252.1610277

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Izadi, S. ; Hodges, S. ; Butler, A. et al. / ThinSight: A thin form-factor interactive surface technology : Communications of the ACM. In: Commun ACM. 2009 ; Vol. 52, No. 12. pp. 90-98.

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