Public speaking in virtual reality: Audience design and speaker experiences

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Kang, N.;
(2016)
Whether we are talking about our research at a conference, making a speech at a friend’s wedding, or presenting a proposal in a businessmeeting,we have to speak in public from time to time. How well we deliver a presentation affects the way people think about us and our... View more
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    1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Main Research Question and Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Research Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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