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A taxonomy of see-through tools

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CHI '94: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/191666.191786

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A taxonomy of see-through tools
1. Computing methodologies
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  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
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    2. Interaction paradigms

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CHI '94: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 1994

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DOI:10.1145/191666

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Bellcore
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Univ. of Michigan

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