Virtual conference design: features and obstacles

William Hurst1, Adam Withington2, Hoshang Kolivand3

  • 1Information Technology Group, Wageningen University and Research, Leeuwenborch, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, Netherlands.

Multimedia Tools and Applications
|March 9, 2022
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