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Outside the Collection Box: Connecting community with collections via augmented reality

By M. Anne Basham

Immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and cross reality (XR) are quickly gaining momentum as a mass media tool deployable in all areas of industry and society, which has …

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