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An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments

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This paper cites Lapeyrade, C.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Lapeyrade, C

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This paper cites Karaca, D.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Karaca, D

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This paper cites Filipovi´ c, The role of artificial intelligence in video game development, Kultura Polisa 20 (3) (2023) 50–67.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Filipovi´ c, The role of artificial intelligence in video game development, Kultura Polisa 20 (3) (2023) 50–67

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This paper cites Zeng, A review of ai-based game npcs research, Applied and Com- putational Engineering 15 (2023) 155–159.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Zeng, A review of ai-based game npcs research, Applied and Com- putational Engineering 15 (2023) 155–159

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An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Ribeiro de Oliveira, B

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This paper cites Zheng, K.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Zheng, K

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This paper cites Breves, Reducing outgroup bias through intergroup contact with non- playable video game characters in vr, Presence 27 (3) (2020) 257–273.

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Breves, Reducing outgroup bias through intergroup contact with non- playable video game characters in vr, Presence 27 (3) (2020) 257–273

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An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Oumaima, L

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This paper cites Pashentsev, Metaverses, artificial intelligence and challenges to psy- chological security, Politika nacionalne bezbednosti 25 (2) (2023).

An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Pashentsev, Metaverses, artificial intelligence and challenges to psy- chological security, Politika nacionalne bezbednosti 25 (2) (2023)

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An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments URL https://openai.com/ 30

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An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments Brooke, Sus: A quick and dirty usability scale, Usability evaluation in industry (1996)

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Observable Social Life Spaces: Exploring User Interpretations of agent-side life context in human-agent interaction cites this paper.

Observable Social Life Spaces: Exploring User Interpretations of agent-side life context in human-agent interaction An Empirical Evaluation of AI-Powered Non-Player Characters' Perceived Realism and Performance in Virtual Reality Environments

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